Thermal pad dimensions for Proteus VII

[jackpeters129]

Recently cleaned out the heatsinks and fans within my Proteus VII, a Quanta NLCA chassis, and noticed that some of the thermal pads for the GPU VRM have begun to fall out from under the thermal block. Temperatures have not worsened significantly compared to when I first got the machine however, there is a measured increase in temperature and I do feel as if replacing all the pads and applying new thermal paste would be in order. I reached out to PC Specialist however they have informed me that they no longer have a partnership with Quanta, nor do they have any service manuals or evaluation documents for this chassis.

I have also tried to research the chassis itself in the hopes that owners of other laptops with this chassis have posted the thermal pad sizes.. however I was unable to locate this information. re: Gigabyte AORUS 15-XA (also SA,WA,W9,X9) and Illegear Laguna SE.

Does anyone know the thermal pad dimensions, primarily the thickness, that I would need for this laptop? I don't exactly want to wing it as that could cause damage.

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Chassis & Display
Proteus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 9750H (2.6GHz, 4.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE 7mm SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x Proteus Series 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Proteus VII Series Lithium Ion Battery, 47WH
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 3.1 Type C PORT AS STANDARD
Keyboard Language
PROTEUS SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
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Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
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[BlessedSquirrel]

Recently cleaned out the heatsinks and fans within my Proteus VII, a Quanta NLCA chassis, and noticed that some of the thermal pads for the GPU VRM have begun to fall out from under the thermal block. Temperatures have not worsened significantly compared to when I first got the machine however, there is a measured increase in temperature and I do feel as if replacing all the pads and applying new thermal paste would be in order. I reached out to PC Specialist however they have informed me that they no longer have a partnership with Quanta, nor do they have any service manuals or evaluation documents for this chassis.

I have also tried to research the chassis itself in the hopes that owners of other laptops with this chassis have posted the thermal pad sizes.. however I was unable to locate this information. re: Gigabyte AORUS 15-XA (also SA,WA,W9,X9) and Illegear Laguna SE.

Does anyone know the thermal pad dimensions, primarily the thickness, that I would need for this laptop? I don't exactly want to wing it as that could cause damage.

---

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Chassis & Display
Proteus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 9750H (2.6GHz, 4.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE 7mm SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x Proteus Series 230W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Proteus VII Series Lithium Ion Battery, 47WH
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 3.1 Type C PORT AS STANDARD
Keyboard Language
PROTEUS SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 720P 30 FPS HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Promotional Item
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Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Order Total
£1524.00

Easiest way is to get some bluetack and roll it into a flat pancake of around 2mm thickness (as that will be the max thickness). That will tell you how thick the pads need to be.

I would highly recommend Thermal Grizzly pads, they're very efficient, you can get them on Amazon or any decent PC supplier like Scan, Overclockers, EBuyer etc.

 

[jackpeters129]

Easiest way is to get some bluetack and roll it into a flat pancake of around 2mm thickness (as that will be the max thickness). That will tell you how thick the pads need to be.

I would highly recommend Thermal Grizzly pads, they're very efficient, you can get them on Amazon or any decent PC supplier like Scan, Overclockers, EBuyer etc.

You suggestion would render the laptop unusable for a few days unless I pre-purchase all the different thermal pad thicknesses in advanced. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, (3.0), plus I would need to ensure I have enough of each. While I appreciate a novel approach to measuring the required thickness of the pads, especially in the cases where the pads are probably to far gone to use more conventional tools, I was hoping that someone already had said measurements and would be able to share them. That would be far more useful.

Of course, if my laptops thermals take a nose-dive I will certainly resort to your approach. I do appreciate the thermal pad recommendation. Thermal Grizzily pads are reasonably priced for what they offer so once I know what ones I need It should be straight forward.