ok cool, i applied there anyway. im guessing the laptop had an overheating problem already and whoever tried to fix applied too much cheap thermal paste. working like a beauty now.

i wouldnt overtighten, and its running good now, time to sell the beauty.

ok was impatient while waiting for a response so i went ahead and applied the artic thermal paste to all 3 areas where the paste was already applied. I applied a rice grain amount to each chip and spread it out evenly. I put the laptop back together booted it up. I downloaded tpfancontrol to monitor...

ok i have the t60 with the shutdown open and fan cooler off. the existing thermal paste is white and is not dry at all. i see three places the thermal paste was applied. on the processor, the graphics card and a chip right underneath the graphics card. I have cleaned all the old thermal paste off. D...

ok thanks for that advice. will do, i found some lids for some models close to mine but maybe someone does have what i need.

Thank you for the recommendations. Will buy some AS5 and try that for a fix. Hopefully that will resolve, seems like an easy fix. The CCFL looks like a pain to replace from what i have found online. The inverter looks easy enough but like you advised it might just be easier to find a complete lid if...

I have 2 issues with 2 different T60's so i will list one at a time. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!! Thinkpad T60-2007YM3 Windows 7 32bit 2GB Memory Bios ver. 2.27 The issue with this laptop is that it shutdown when i seem to multitask on the laptop. If just using IE it seems to work fine b...