WARNING: No thermal pads at all on the EzBook 3 plus

[Chupa]

I always wondered why use thermal pads between the processor and copper heatsink. Would it not make a lot more sense instead of replacing the pads with, also copper, shimmies to just make sure the copper heatsink directly touches the processor and then use heat transfering paste instead?

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[Francesco]

it sure makes sense, the probem was that nothing was used, no paste or pad.

If i had some paste i would have probably used that, i guess that it`s cheaper and easier for the manufacturer to use a thermal pad

[EZB3PlusOwner]

Mine has a thin thermal pad on the CPU, but still went to 100 C in the mprime benchmark before I’ve put a thermal pad between the heatsink and the bottom cover.

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