Recent content by KTT

No problems with my TL-58 upgrade. I am very happy with it. No heat problems, whatsoever. As to voiding the warranty, I don't recall any tamper-proof seals. The only thing that might tip people off that you've opened the computer are the three/four stickers covering the screws under the...

That's fine. Your CPU is rated for 95 degrees C max, so you're well in the nominal working temperature range. Congrats on your upgrade!

Should be fine if you can manage to distribute the existing thermal paste that was between the TF-20 and heat sink into a thin even coat between your new CPU and the heat sink. As long as there isn't some hard foreign material or dried up paste chunk to prevent the heat sink and CPU from making...

I've put up some pictures of the upgrade. This isn't meant to duplicate Czechster instructions, but rather accompany it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25792168@N00/sets/72157622393042218/ Feel free to add any pointers/comments in the picture set above if you think they'll help others going...

Thanks to this forum, and especially Czechster for the detailed case open instructions, I went ahead and upgraded my Acer 5516 single core 1.6GHz TF-20 to dual core 1.9GHz TL-58. I chose the TL-58 TMDTL58HAX5DC since it had the lowest Thermal Design Power value (31 W) of other TL-58 chips (35...