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March 15th, 2022 03:00
m15 R6, thermal pad specs?
Hey,
I have been having issues with my m15 R6. I botched the thermal pads on my laptop when trying to replace them. Can someone help me with the correct width of the thermal pads?
Similar to how it is shown in the image. It’ll be a huge help. Cannot find anything on the internet that would help. The service manual too does not have anything regarding the thermal pads and their dimensions.
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Posted March 15th, 2022 08:00
Hi @imavichandra welcome to this free user to user Alienware laptop discussion forum. This is not Dell Support.
Dell Support for Alienware m15 R6 Installing the heat-sink assembly does not provide this information because their replacement heat-sink assembly has the thermal pads pre-installed. YouTube has many videos showing how to install thermal pads, but the Alienware m15 R6 is too new.
We all know in hindsight that should have taken photographs of the m15 R6 heat-sink and measurements of its thermal pads during its removal. The photograph supplied is typical of YouTube repasting, and the thermal pad colour indicates its thermal properties and thickness. Should still be able to take size measurements from the original thermal pads.
Please share photograph of your m15 R6 heat-sink with thermal pads. Thank you.
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Posted March 15th, 2022 03:00
Welcome to Dell Social Media Support.
Click our DELL-Cares username. On the right click, "Send this user a private message". We will need the private PC Service Tag.
#IWork4Dell
For all non-technical issues that require your private data, we must communicate via a private Direct Message
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Posted March 15th, 2022 10:00
Hi @imavichandra this is a picture extracted from YouTube Alienware: Thermal Repasting.
heat-sink assembly has the thermal pads pre-installed
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Posted June 23rd, 2024 14:28
Hello, I know this post is quite old, but did anyone found the specifications of the thermal pads for the Alienware m15R6? I know Dell replaces all the heat sync, but I am not going to change all the heat sync for an ordinary repaste.
Thanks,
Michele
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Posted August 3rd, 2024 02:33
@Michele73 Did you find the answers? I put new thermal pads on my laptop, but I think I made mistake regarding choosing right dimensions for pad.
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Posted August 23rd, 2025 10:07
Hello @DELL-Cares , if I send you my Service Tag can you please send this information to me too?
Thanks!
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Posted August 23rd, 2025 10:47
@kmkrishna unfortunately not... :(
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Posted August 23rd, 2025 10:47
@Michele73 DELL-Cares was only asking about the private Service Tag. They did not have a part number or size of the thermal pad.
The Dell internal m15 R6 parts page does not list thermal pads. As correctly stated above, Dell replaced the entire heatsink assembly which had the thermal pads pre-installed.#IWork4Dell
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Posted March 15th, 2022 05:00
this is the kind of thing I am looking for. It would be really helpful.