BEWARE!! Many lately are attempting this and their machine is NOT turning back on! This is a difficult job and I recommend you film yourself so you can more easily reverse your process.

"Maybe I can do it myself! I mean.. there's like only one screw on the back, how tough can it be?" But there too, despair lies in ambush.

Only dude I found on KZfaq who goes in depth on the laptop....subscribed

Just performed a repaste on my Dell G5 5587 w/ i7-8750H and NVIDIA 1060 max Q. Very similar teardown process since they are basically the same laptop design. I used Arctic MX-4 thermal paste I bought on ebay for $7.95. My laptop is almost exactly 1 year old and I was having thermal throttling issues while gaming, even after undervolting to -0.125V and using a cooling pad. This took me most of my afternoon, though I did take several breaks when I got too stressed. I ran into several issues. First was taking off the gray bezel/shroud for the heat vents. It required a GOOD tug with both hands to get off and it took me a long time to figure that out because I thought something was binding. Second was separating the chassis after taking out must of the screws and the thermal vent shroud. It is very tight and I used a small flathead screwdriver to go along and pop the clips with a good amount of force, and there was some marring of the plastic but nothing bad. Next issue was separating the motherboard from the back part of the chassis. I had to take out four more screws that held the fan housings in on the other side. I also nearly stripped one of the six screws on the heat sync, so make sure you use the right screwdriver size and support the back well and push down fairly hard. I also had to remove the CMOS and a couple other plugs not directly shown. Assembly was relatively quick (20 minutes) and without any issues. I did get an error flashing light after tried to turn it on, but after holding the power button down and then pressing the after 30 seconds it did the four restarts and started up like normal. I ran a full hardware test and everything came back fine. Results: Little difference in idle temperature,~10 degrees C drop in stress test in intel XTU, ~25 C drop in temp while playing CSGO. (used to thermal throttle now hangs around 70-75) I am fairly experienced with repairing laptops and this was the most complicated repair I've done yet. In my case it was worth it but unless you are having thermal throttling issues and you've tried undervolting and you are experienced with computer repair I would not recommend doing this yourself. Have a shop do it for ~$50-$80 or so and save yourself the headache. Hope this helps.

Well, my Dell 7577 was smooth for the first 4 months and started to get overheat. CPU temperatures were beyond 95 degrees whereas GPU temperatures were beyond 85 degrees. Could not play any game on my GTX 1060 MQ. Watched your video and tried to do the same myself but looked too complicated to me. So went to a reliable computer repair service center and got the job done. Basically they cleaned a lot of dust and then replaced the thermal paste. Now coupled with Intel tuning utility + Throttlestop, max CPU temperature is 67 degrees and GPU temperature is 55 degrees (when I play games). Thanks to you and a person who suggested Throttlestop in the comments section.

I really can’t thank you enough! This video is a very helpful guide. Im not a technician and I had to work on my 7577 on-and-off for 2 days, but the operation was a success! Everything just went according to plan. I was really scared to even do this because anything could go wrong while I was attempting this. Fortunately, I haven’t encountered any problems. Thermals improved drastically and everything is running smoothly. So, again thank you so much!!!

I am pretty sure by the end of this repaste I'll be left with some "extra" screws.

Thank you so much for this video! I had to take the fan screws out to separate the motherboard from the chassis, but this video helped me through the process of repasting and lowering my thermals by 25 degrees! Much appreciated!

Thank you Bob! My sons 7577 was throttling because of overheating that actually wasn't happening. I used your vid and some skill and was able to re-apply the paste and it's back to perfection. Thank you for taking the time to make this video!

Just teared down my laptop today, and I'm telling you I was stressed. I did everything fearing that I might mess up my dell g7, turns out after 3 hours I did it. My temps are now 13-18 degrees Celsius cooler. I'm so glad I followed your vid including some online help. Thank you Bob. You just saved a gamer.

After reassembling, my screen does not turn on, and the battery light twiches between white and orange. I solved it by switching the positions of my RAM. This is for anyone who encountered the same problem as mine.

Just did this yesterday for the second time. The vents were pretty clogged with dust and its hard to get it clean without taking it apart and using a dry toothbrush and compressed air. It’s a lot easier the second time. Takes about an hour if you’re careful and take your time. I used thermal grizzly kryonaut this time. I tested it playing cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p high settings it’s averaging 62 fps and the cpu and gpu stays around 70 degrees even after playing for a few hours straight. Also played RE Villiage and it runs smooth. Most of the screws are the same except for the flat little ones under batt, hdd, ssd, flat ones on rear plastic shroud, silver colored ones etc…. when you take it apart just put the screws next to the part they held in place, ie the hdd screws with the hdd on the table. There were a few steps he skipped over in the video like a few extra screws he didn’t call out but just look carefully and don’t try and force anything. A laptop MB is delicate and you dont want to crack anything. Make sure you get a set of little screw drivers and tiny pliers. Dont try to do it without the correct tools.

Thank you very much! Wasn't sure if it's worth it and you answered that question.

For a year, I had absolutely zero thermal issues. However last year I started noticing that games weren't as smooth as before and that my fans would often run at high speeds, even though I was only doing my usual tasks. I have got a screw stuck, so this whole process took me about half a day to fix, but instead of having cooking 85-93C temperatures, its back to 65-73C max with the fans not even running at max and not using ThrottleStop. Although it's a fairly old video, I just would like to say a massive thank you for doing this, really appreciate your help!

Thanks!!! Everything seems to be working. And it was all worth it! The thermal improvement is over 15 degrees Celsius. Now the temperatures are around 70 at max, previously over 85 :D I am sure that the cleaning also helped, but wow, that's an improvement. I have 4 screws left, they do not belong anywhere haha, but it's working :D:D

I did this last weekend, so far so good. Took 2 hours give or take. Make sure if you do this you have the correct screwdrivers.

Well its 2022 and it was very helpfull! Thank you!! I managed to follow this guide step by step. Excepting a little problem with the separation at the beginning, the rest went flawless, turned immiedetly on, no issues so far! Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!

When I opened the back cover of my Dell I had to get a change of pants.

This video is a lifesaver! My main problem is another one (almost whole left half of keyboard died out of nowhere) but this is the fist vid I found that goes in depth about to dismantle this model. Downside is that I almost pissed myself watching it so I will probably just send my machine to a local shop if I find one trustworthy enough. Subscribed.

I had to change my pants just watching this

Thank you very Much - The Best assembly video of 7577 ever

My G7 got to the point where the only game I could play was minecraft. Even running at the lowest graphics settings almost everything lagged. ThrottleStop showed constant overheating and temperature induced throttling. I just re-pasted with MX-4 and cleaned out the dust and I've gotten all of the out-of-the box performance back. Hitting 60 fps and running 20C cooler! Its a gaming laptop again. So thankful for the guides

Thank you so much. My gf was unable to play anything, literally shot up to 100°C and throttled really hard. Thanks to your tutorial i was able to repaste her Laptop, still gets a bit hot at around 90°C, but thats with Aida64.

Really usefull video, I did everything needed for the repaste and I have to say that even if it is a daunting task, the tags for the screws made everything easier. It took me exactly 2 hours, and I cleaned a lot of dust on that vents. When I turned it on the first time, the laptop and keybord was on but the display wouldn't turn on... even if i waited 20 min.. But then I turned if off and on again, and the procedure of 4 boots happened. Thanks Bob for this video.

Thanks for the video! I did it myself and it was a success, but I had some screws left xD. I repasted it after 3 years, I had serious thermal throttling (highest 100°C, average 95°C) but after I repasted my highest Temps were 85°C and I had an average of 71°C after a long time playing battlefield 5.

Not the easiest of jobs just to add fresh paste, but thanks for the guide, the job was a success

Thanks for your help. I did mine today. 5-10 degrees improvement under heavy load, 10-15 degrees improvement under medium load. Would recommend this. Also my scores on Intel XTU benchmark improved by 30% (must have been throttling a lot previously).

God damn it, Bob. You are filling such a massive hole in the laptop review game. So glad you decided to make a channel. These videos are invaluable, my man

Thank you for this video soooo much! My temps are now 15°C lower on avg.

Many thanks! My Dell Inspiron 7577 i7 7700hq GE1060maxQ (2.5y old) was overheating like crazy when gaming (CPU ~95ºC), the top of the laptop was boiling hot (above the F6-12 keys), and getting BSOD... Not cool for a gaming laptop... After some research found this option of repasting and your video. Some steps are missing such as removing the display cable, the camera, etc, so I highly recommend to download the Dell inspiron 7577 manual of their site as it was of great help to me. But your video was top class, without it wouldn't have done it!! Bought the paste (arctic mx-2), a set of tiny screwdrivers, and cleaning cloths with 70% isopropyl alcool, all under 30€ , 4h after and I was done! Gaming Temp now is at max 70ºC, gained +20ºC!!! And I had no experience with reparing laptops nor am I much of a geek :) Hint: when I removed the heat sink, lift the fans as I found a lot of fluff accumulated there. Also prying and seperating the back cover is incredibly hard!

Fyi... after taking all the screws out, to pry the plastics apart just gently use an old credit card or guitar pick starting at the back corners and work your way forward. Thanks for the walkthrough bob. It’s nice not having to go in completely blind.

Wow. I have a 7567, and this still helped better than all the other videos. I just subscribed as well. Awesome job dude!

Thanks a lot for this tutorial, did it yesterday and it was totally worth it. Just the M2x3 screws were really annyoing and too tight, definitely need to buy a new screwdriver now, because without the right tools it's way harder than it has to be.

Small screws + threadlock = stripped screw heaven. Watch out folks, stripped the screw on the wifi card and couldn't get it off but managed to lift the chassis just high enough to slide the heat sink out and back in but it was a HUGE PAIN to do it that way

Took me 4 hours to do and I ended up not screwing the fans back in because i didn't line it up with the motherboard and they arent really needed. Thanks for the guide really helped. Thought I broke it at first because after 10 min it was sitting there blinking orange and no color but a simple on and off fixed it. I previously had my keyboard replaced a few months back and the person who did it ended up stripping a bunch of the screws, I had to leave out the badly stripped screws and had to drill out the screw holding the metal plate above the display cable as the head was destroyed beyond anything. Very happy I was able to get it all back together but it was hell pulling apart.

My 7577 with a i5 does not run cool enough . So this re-paste video is a welcome post. Thank-you.

Thank you for reassuring me in that last part. I truly was crapping purple twinkies.

Thanks! Took me like 4 hours and mine didn't have all the same screw placements as yours but I got it done.

Thank you so much for this guide! Mine is heating like a beach on a sunny day, gonna disassembly it and see if Dell forgot to put thermal paste or smth.

i did it last night. 20 degrees better now. Thank you. i figured factory missed my 1 silver screw at motherboard section. I have 5 screws ;) but it worka without any problem.

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. You forgot to show a couple of steps I guess, but I got there at the end. I broke off something for the keyboard connector but could fix it with the tweezers in the iFixit toolkit, the same you used it seems :) Just for everyone reading this: be very careful with cables, don't pull anything too hard, there are a couple of steps more you might not see in the video for removing some connectors, just put away your screws in an organized way and it won't be much of an issue putting everything back together :)

Hey boat, Thanks! I just did a repaste on my 7577 and everything went smooth.Only time i struggled was when connecting the wifi adaptor terminals....7-8deg difference initially observed..i used artic mx4..hopefully temps will be more cooler as this paste does have a curing time of 8hours i guess

The 4k panel uses a 40pin cable and it not compatible with the 1080p 60hz or 120hz (aftermarket) displays since these use a 30 pin cable.

I haven't opened up many laptops before, but this dell looks easy for a beginner to disassemble as there is no tricky, hidden ribbon cable under the motherboard.

Thanks for video. I repasted succesful with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, temperatures went like 20, 30 degrees down, throttling problem solved.

I've done it man! haha I almost change my pants . Thank you!

Paid someone to repaste this bad boy. Now the maximum temperature was 85c and that was only a spike. Temperatures hover around the mid to high 70's while playing gta v and destiny 2, got a 1801 score in cinebench r20 with no thermal throttling. This is freaking great

Thank you very much for this very informative video, I’m one of those unfortunate that has one that wasn’t properly thermal paste at the start. But it’s still cheaper to send it in and get Dell to repaste, then to screw it up myself and have to replace the whole machine.

10/10 guide just did it myself and scored 4 bonus screws from out of nowhere

Thanks for the information. Great video. Had no issues after the thermal paste change. As you've said, had a problem with the L shaped bracket near the power plug :) Keyboard connection was also tricky, need to pay attention with that. 1g thermal grizzly was enough both for gpu and cpu. Strongly recommend removing the fans from the fins and clean the channel between them. After 6 years of usage, mine was almost blocked.

Thanks for the vid! I was unable to play my games even at the lowest settings on the 15-7577 because it was thermal throttling and kicking my graphics card off so much. Repasted, and it is 20-25 degrees celsius lower, allowing me to play at ultra high settings smoothly again!

Thanks for the video, it helped me find out where the little see-thru plastic bit went. (The wi-fi card ) I was thinking the see-thru plastic was for some LED and couldn't find where.

Thanks for the guide, mine was slightly different (No screws under the SATA, a couple other things), but it went well!

I was going to redo my thermal paste on one of these, think ill just have a warm laptop

Awesome video man! Thanks for that! Subscribed =)

wow dell really changed their build with this laptop. last year until as far back as i can remember they've been much easier to disassemble. My 7557 for example, and an older dell i had, both had a removable keyboard where you had to remove in order to remove the palm rest. As for the shitting purple twinkies, yes, that's happened to me after a teardown of my 7557 for fan cleaning etc lol. Damn near gave me a heart attack thinking I had fried something.

IT WORKED! Thank you!

This is amazing! Thank you so much!

I repaste my 7577 today successfully but It is more hard than seems if you have not experience.I got fps drop and freezing.CPU was about 80-85 Celsius before pasting.Now, it is less than 70 Celsius.As he says if you decided to repaste this laptop you are very brave person.My recommendation is take the risk to repaste it if you are done with it and decided to buy new gaming laptop.

Please do a video for the new Dell G5/G7 laptops that came this year since they have a very bad paste from fabric and making them to go very hot and thermal throtling to often. I heard thar chaging the paste helps a lot.

It was totally worth it! I know this is a bit of a necro for this video, but I had my cpu at 88C and gpu at ~78, post repaste I am topping cpu at 71 with games at absolute max and GPUs no higher than 66. I appreciate the help and guidance! Anyone trying - it gets sketchy, but I’m no computer wizard and I got through it; biggest issue for me was one of the screws holding the heat sink to the MB stripped 😬 Finally got it out and it was totally worth it. Good luck friends!

Is there any longer version of this? I feel that some steps were skipped or so short that I may have missed them.

Awesome video! Not going to do it! Thanks :D

Thanks a lot for this video. I did it , should have follow your advice that it was not worth it, but since I read lots of comments that the repaste will fix my frame dropping issue I went ahead and did the whole thing. BTW it didn't fix the overheating and frame dropping issue I have.

Easiest laptop to upgrade hardest laptop to repaste

Hi! is the keybord easy to replace from here? Also do you know if it would take a backlit keyboard for the same model if it didn't ship with one? Someone told me once that the same models often have the same attachment - thank you for your time

After 4 hours 4 pieces of silver tape , and 6 screws leftover that I don't know where they go or what to do with them.. Finally, repasted, cleaned from dust and working. Thanks!

great commentary :))))) I think Ill play with my old machine first, to get some practice. thx for the vid!

Hey bob awesome video. Kind of unrelated but what size screw is used in the hard drive caddy? I bought a model with just the M.2 drive and bout a 2TB 2.5 in hard drive to increase space. Problem is there are no screws to secure the hard drive to the caddy included. If you know what kind they are where would I go to buy some

Does the battery have any adhesive underneath? Will i struggle to remove it or will it be as simple as you've shown in this video?

I have been digging my laptop (this laptop) for a while and I was wondering, where can I find the cpu and gpu?

I remember my first time attempting this, spent 5 hours with breaks in between to calm my nerves. It didn't help this was the first laptop I ve ever opened. To date I ve opened my laptop 5 times and it takes an hour or less.

Unscrewing an Airbus A320 is much easier.

I have the 7700HQ / GTX 1060 Max Q model. You claimed about 5 degrees of temperature reduction, but I used Liquid Metal paste and the CPU and GPU temperatures dropped by 16C and 9C, respectively. Definitely was worth the time and effort.

Thank you very much!

Bob - Can you point out where exactly is the PCH placed on the mobo ? Is it covered with thermal pad by any chance ? I have a dell G5 5587 , i am assuming the mobo will be the same.

I’ve done this almost 10 months ago successfully, time to do it again :)

I'm going to try this with the grizzly liquid metal thermal material. Ill probably do a video on stock thermals vs liquid metal thermals.

I’ve managed to utilize your guide and did the repaste, as it was needed due to my CPU hitting 98 degrees, after the repaste and assembly process has finished, the laptop started up normally!!!.....but....after a few hours, the laptop randomly decided to shut down when I was playing a game, and wouldn’t boot back up again....do you know what could have went wrong? I seriously need help

Hey I'm trying to replace the keyboard but im not sure if I need something else besides screwdriver, I pause the video where you separated the bottom chasis and the top(keyboard) and I think i saw some black dots, not sure what those are and if I need something else?

Hey mate, what's involved in changing the keyboard to an RGB one? They sent me one with the Blue Print instead of the RGB as ordered. Order has been delayed a month and now they're suggesting to collect it next week when it arrives and dispatch another one. Just sussing out if I should ask them just to send the keyboard or if I should be patient for another 2 or so weeks.

I thank you so much got from 85C to 60 C wow thanks

I have a Dell 7577 and some of the keys on the keyboard don't work properly. I need to press the keys hard to get them working. And they magically work normally sometimes(I don't need to press hard).I tried plugging in an external keyboard and it did work. Also I noticed that the screen gives some sporadic flashes. And it goes away when I turn of the screen and turn it back on. I'm guessing it's the motherboard issue. Help.

Hey I did this teardown and got stopped by a stripped screw before the CPU block. My power button didn't work before and now I can't turn the thing on at all. Anything I can do?

wow dude thanks a ton

Hi, I'm trying to disconnect the battery for the first time and watching your video known that you don't have my own problem so I ask for information. At about 1:05, after you have detached the battery there is a strip that in my case is gluedly glued with glue to the battery. I don't know if at the beginning it was so for you too. Can you tell me something about it? What should I do to get away from the battery? Thanks in advance.

Would a number 0 and number 1 screwdriver be enough for just the back panel and installing a hard drive?

I know this is a year old but I am having problems with my fans am most likely need a replacement. Do I have to take the whole heat sink off? Reading the service manual shows you dont have to take the heatsink off, the fan looks like it can just pop out from the back

Hey Bob, I'm looking for your review of the Dell Inspiron 15 7570, it seems to have vanished? Cheers.

i have dell G5 5587 , i did bios reset to factory setting. then the lap do multi restarting without dell logo coming up. do you have idea how to fix ? thanks

Just re-pasted this same laptop yesterday using arctic mx-4 2019. My laptop (even new) would get hot enough to fry an egg on the keyboard, would sometimes thermal shutdown and I always had to keep it elevated off the desk. When I took the heat pipe off, the cpu only had thermal paste on about half of its surface. Long story short... after re-pasting the high temps during intel XTU stress test went from the 90s (fluctuating back and forth from 72c-92c) down to the low to mid 70s (70c-75c). If you have temps in the 90s or your laptop is always hot with the fan roaring... it is definitely worth doing a re-paste.

Great video! Thank you for making it short. Do you recommend any cooling pad to lower temperatures for this laptop to save the time and sweat lol

Did a repaste and it was successfull but the thermals didn't change. 95C while gaming and its throttling. Do you know what could be the problem? Are the heatpipes damaged? The fans are running and there was not much dust inside the laptop.

Can I clean the fan & exhaust only with brush? I afraid if I do this & can't get the pc turning back on. Thanks

Can you help me? One of the vertical row on my keyboard keys stopped working. They sometimes work and other times they don't. I think this is due to a loose wiring or the keyboard malfunction. It sometimes does work but rarely now. The key lights still function. Should i buy a new keyboard?

Hi Bob! Can you do another version for the Dell G7 2018? Or is it pretty much the same as Dell 7577?

Bob Of All Trades my i5 1060 7577 keeps crashing whenever i play a game, the screen goes black and it makes an awful noise. I have no idea what it is, any ideas to the cause?

During the 4 boot up thing you mentioned at the end, does the light at the front blink white and orange?

Hi, sucesfully repasted my 7577 but after that my Touch pad pointer move but dont "click" not even gestures work, so far i understand that the middle cable labeled MB next to wide ribbon cable above battery is touch pad, nothing else that i found goes right there, can someone point me to direction how to make touchpad working again ?

I see the heat sink is copper. Can I apply liquid metal for CPU & GPU cooling? Thanks.