Put it in the fridge for 20 minutes and then cut it with an exacto knife. Most of my cuts were clean but there were small tears as if the thermal tape had dried out. I also wanted it to be a bit tackier so I could ensure placement where I wanted it. Because the XPS15's back cover was taped in place, it stayed in place and worked great for transferring heat and cooling my computer. Before using the heater band, my XPS15 fan would run at high speed even with no apps open. I tried loading a previous BIOS and running ThrottleStop to lower the voltage on my CPU, but it wasn't enough to keep my XPS15 steady. I put the XPS15 aside and decided to write it off as a bad buy. A few weeks later I installed the heating tape. Now I use the XPS15 for work every day. I don't work too much. I connect to other computers via MSTSC. When I start the video, the fan starts after a few minutes. But the noise isn't what it was before the heater band and without running any apps at all. Note: I only had enough heating tape to cover the hot chips. I don't have much left. If in doubt, you can consider buying two of these. If you are reading this, you probably suspect that there is a use for heating tapes. Maybe that will help you too. At least it's a very cheap experiment. For me, it made my favorite laptop usable again.
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