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17 R5, fan heat sink replacement
Alienware 17 R5
I accidently broke a piece of the heat sink off. Does anyone have any suggestions where I could get a replacement?
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Alienware 17 R5
I accidently broke a piece of the heat sink off. Does anyone have any suggestions where I could get a replacement?
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October 19th, 2022 14:00
Hi @MikJR welcome to this free user-to-user Alienware laptop discussion forum.
The laptop computer heat pipe system is a sealed part of the Alienware 17 R5's CPU & GPU heatsink assembly. Search on internet for your Dell Part Number (DP/N). The GPU heat pipe is different for AMD Radeon Graphics DP/N 5G342, Nvidia GTX 1060 DP/N TK0T2, and Nvidia Graphics DP/N Y6MN4. Guess that eBay might provide the CPU & GPU heatsink assembly and YouTube video + Alienware 17 R5 Service Manual will provide disassembly/assembly guidance. The perpetual problem is always what thermal pads to use, so take pictures/measurements and transfer thermal pads would be a good option, if second hand heatsink assembly has no thermal pads.
Dell Alienware 17 R5 Heatsinks | Dell Alienware 17 R5 Laptop Parts (parts-people.com)