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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 696747" data-attributes="member: 59833">No. But if you don&#039;t use your notebook on a flat hard surface, you should as that will allow air to circulate underneath.This suggests something else is happening. How hot? Do you have access to an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&amp;field-keywords=infrared+thermometer+gun&amp;sprefix=infrar%2Cundefined%2C193&amp;crid=2G6IV9LP0R6OA&amp;rh=n%3A16310091%2Ck%3Ainfrared+thermometer+gun" target="_blank">infrared thermometer</a> so you can give us an actual temperature?I recommend you remove the notebook battery and run off the charger and see if the keyboard still gets too hot.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite111" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> Again, not true. TIM does not wear out or need to be replaced just because it is X years old.If this were true, notebook makers, PC makers, CPU makers, GPU makers and TIM makers, and stores that sell those products would say we need to regularly replace our TIM. But not one does!See <a href="http://www.heatsink-guide.com/compound.htm" target="_blank">The Heatsink Guide</a> and note the following,Unnecessarily replacing TIM creates the greater risk of damaging a pin, the socket, or worse, zapping the CPU with ESD. That risk is much greater than a few degrees of extra heat an old application of TIM might impose. If you &quot;need&quot; those few degrees of heat reduction to prevent thermal throttling or shutdowns, you have greater problems than your TIM getting old.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 696747, member: 59833"] No. But if you don't use your notebook on a flat hard surface, you should as that will allow air to circulate underneath.This suggests something else is happening. How hot? Do you have access to an [URL='https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&field-keywords=infrared+thermometer+gun&sprefix=infrar%2Cundefined%2C193&crid=2G6IV9LP0R6OA&rh=n%3A16310091%2Ck%3Ainfrared+thermometer+gun']infrared thermometer[/URL] so you can give us an actual temperature? I recommend you remove the notebook battery and run off the charger and see if the keyboard still gets too hot. :( Again, not true. TIM does not wear out or need to be replaced just because it is X years old. If this were true, notebook makers, PC makers, CPU makers, GPU makers and TIM makers, and stores that sell those products would say we need to regularly replace our TIM. But [U]not one[/U] does! See [URL='http://www.heatsink-guide.com/compound.htm']The Heatsink Guide[/URL] and note the following, Unnecessarily replacing TIM creates the greater risk of damaging a pin, the socket, or worse, zapping the CPU with ESD. That risk is much greater than a few degrees of extra heat an old application of TIM might impose. If you "need" those few degrees of heat reduction to prevent thermal throttling or shutdowns, you have greater problems than your TIM getting old. [/QUOTE]

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