The surfaces are usually not perfectly flat hence one of the many reasons for thermal paste. But if you want to order a new heatsink assembly give Dell Parts a call. Dell Spare Parts at 800-357-3355..have your service tag when/if you call. Also.. h

Considered polishing with fine sandpaper and fine polish at the end? I'm not sure how much small irregularites matter, but it is surely important that the gap is thin and there is as much metal-to-metal contact as possible, because the best non

I have the XPS 9570 for about a month now. I want to configure it for peak performance and I have the following questions: - I want to reinstall Windows, because I need to repair Media Player and just because, do I need to use Dell drivers or can I use Microsoft/latest drivers the system finds onli

So I have had this computer for about a year. When I first bought it, I didn't really notice anything wrong, but about 2 months after I did, luckily, I was travelling when I first used it and after those 2 months, I was back on my desktop. Now I am on my laptop again as I am travelling and it's pai

Hi Codrut2! I have just got my XPS 9560 working really well after months of poor performance at load... If you are considering putting down thermal pads you probably have the same issue I had!! There is software that runs to keep your legs cooler if