RBS750 satellite died after 13months because thermal paste was not connecting heat sink

[RonZacapaOne]

No warranty, no nothing. Just a warning for rest of the users as bad experience.

[FURRYe38]

Any chance of getting a closer picture of that? Kinda hard to tell...

[RonZacapaOne]

With thermal pasteNo paste as surface is clear

[FURRYe38]

I see. How nice. 

How did you get the covers off the RBS? Just curious. 

I've passed this on to NG as well. 

[CrimpOn]

The FCC submission internal pictures show the heat sink with marks where it apparently touches two of the internal shields, and there appear to be thermal pads in several locations.  "paste", I'm not so sure of.

[RonZacapaOne]

By breaking most of the clips. Paste = Pads.