ZBook Fury - Inspection and cleaning after the previous owner

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15/October/2025

authorRentaro

Initial inspection of the laptop

The average load under the Windows system raises questions about the thermal interface.

Further inspection of the laptop.

Complete disassembly and defect detection

Is the thermal interface a little dry or a little runny?
Or could it be phase-change thermal paste?

Lubrication of the washed fan

My favorite mix of ​​10x40 oil and NLGI3.
Of course, don’t do that!

This is actually a good sign.
It suggests the laptop was taken apart frequently to clean the cooling system and wasn’t running in an overheated state.
But this is just a guess.

General view of the motherboard

A certain amount of dust is also a good sign.
This indicates that this laptop hasn’t been repaired and hasn’t been intentionally cleaned in at least the past six months.
Moreover, it was used, as dust had accumulated during use.

Of course, everything was thoroughly and deeply washed with alcohol.

Radiator after polishing

The outer surface is left black.
Have you ever wondered why radiators are painted black?
Then Google the physical definition of «Black-body radiation».

First check of the contact patch

First, check the required amount of thermal paste for all components.
Arctic MX-6, MX-4, TP-3.

Contact patch

Selecting the thickness of thermal pads for a hard drive

The same is done for RAM

Keyboard

And of course, display protection