What is this shiny shit on my gpu and how do i clean it? And no I dont mean the thermal paste.
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>>53732093
It's glue
>>53732093
What the fuck are you talking about then!?
>>53732093
That's light, dumbass. It's a reflection.
>>53732130
I think this man may be a winner. There were some sticky gummy pads like the one in the upper right. Though less of them now, maybe they are covered in glue.
>>53732093
Do you mean the conformal coating on everything else? I won't try to remove that if I was you, it is there so shit won't fry just by dust sticking to it or moisture.
The fuck?
That looks like an old pic of mine...
OP, is that an MSI laptop?
Check the underside of the heatsink, you should have a bunch of white thermal pads that rest on the chips.
Poke them with a nitrile gloved finger, if they flake, tear, or otherwise fail, you'll need to get replacement pads.
Otherwise, gently clean the chips with alcohol.
Also be aware that a large batch of MSI laptop GPUS were made improperly and are thus subject to failure.
By a clevo, I did and its lovely.
>>53732130
Close, seem to be thermal pad. Not as good as paste, but it can be thicker, which is need for extra chips, as you cannot provide equal pressure to such a small area.
>>53733416
Sorry I meant:
> ... large area.
>>53733353
Nah its an [spoiler]Alienware[/spoiler] the gummy pads actually got some paste on them so I removed them. Any idea where I can buy more?
>>53734476
Amazon, measure the pads and then search.
But mostly it should be fine, provided you aren't seeing overheating or anything.
