RSS Switch thermal mod made cooling worse?

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In an attempt to reduce the temperature of my V1 switch's electronic components and prolong their life I did a few thermal mods on it:

  1. Removed the factory thermal compound (almost the consistency of dried up toothpaste)
  2. Removed the metal shim between the heatpipe and CPU and the thermal compound there
  3. Applied thermal pads to ram chips so they come directly in contact with the metal shield
  4. Replaced thermal compound between heatpipe and metal shield with thermal pad....

Switch thermal mod made cooling worse?

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