I have a Thinkpad x1 extreme gen 5 with an i9 and 3080. Liquid metal. Overheats like crazy. I want to get in there but I hear it's such a pain to deal with I've been putting it off. Definitely will be swapping to one of the thermal pads when I do it.

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jmb99 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Not the end of the world to deal with, you just have to be very careful. No harder than mobile phone repair if that’s something you’ve ever done

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Tempest1981 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

After how long? I.e. did you get a few good years with it?

	▲	Silagi 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not OP, but it launched in June 2022, so less life than I'd like to see from a Thinkpad regardless of how you slice it.
	▲	sanex an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's at most 4 years old. For that high end of a laptop I have pretty high expectations, I think it was over $4k retail.