Toshiba Laptop Spares?.

[jon bda]

Hey all, tried upgrading the P3 cpu in the wifes Tecra 8100 lappy tonight which turned out to be a little bit of a no go as i had been sent the wrong bleedin' chip off eBay . Anyway, while the lappy was in bits i noticed the thick 'thermal conductor' (straight from the Tosh service manual!) pad that sits on the core was a bit ratty. I think the gap would be too much to be bridged by thermal paste tbh, does anyone know a phone number or email address for somewhere i might be able to get a replacement pad?. Hopefully i should have the right cpu soon and would like to replace this at the same time if possible.

[OmarSantiago]

You can actually use normal thermal compound (a few of the VAIOs I've worked one were treated with Ceramique or any non-conductive stuff and work a treat especially as that yellow paste they use tends to turn brittle after a while). The stuff you need - is it a regular square of compound or the silicone-type cloth that's used on the memory chips of Nvidia stock coolers? I've no idea where to get the exact item you need but you're welcome to have a whole bunch of these cloth squares (they're about 1cm square apiece) as I'm never going to put the stock coolers back on

[jon bda]

Hey mate, its like a wierd rubbery sort of stuff thats on there at the moment, about 2cm square...i suppose its sheet silicone or something?. Thinking on it i may just try some ceramique on it anyway...i'll let you know how i get on!.

[Apex]

These guys might have what your looking for http://www.clonesuk.com/ or you can use some thermal interface pads that ceretain stores sell.

[da_ging]

if you want pads you could try the below form ebuyer with free shipping, i'd just use paste tho

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=61911

[UHT]

Yea the shin etsu type pads are whats in place atm, I would also just use regular thermal compound though.

[sysserv]

A good site for spares for toshibas, new and second user, is www.sparesweb.com or www.server-parts.com

They have full parts listings and exploded parts diagrammes at

http://www.sparesweb.com/Spares/Toshiba.htm

And service manuals at

http://www.sparesweb.com/service%20manuals/Toshiba.htm

you can normally talk to an engineer in real time by cliking on their live chat link.

Regards
Phil
www.sparesweb.com