Laptop model: MSI Leopard GL65, from 2020. There’s a whole dark spot on the motherboard. How screwed am I?
Laptop model: MSI Leopard GL65, from 2020. There’s a whole dark spot on the motherboard. How screwed am I?
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Those are thermal pads and will not release liquid of any sort. If they are wet, you got liquid in your laptop
You got liquid inside your laptop bud, the electronics will be fried to a crisp by now. Forget the laptop. Your primary objective should now be data recovery. Backup to the cloud if possible as that will ease your file recovery process.
It’s a thermal pad and they secrete oil over time. This is normal. The oil is not conductive. Put the pad back under the drive.
They use a special oil in those pads to prevent them from drying out, once they start to dry they aren’t as effective at transferring heat and should be replaced as a part of maintenance.
The inside of a laptop chassis isn’t necessarily ideal for an SSD to live a long life, a reputable drive will obviously be more robust but it’s still prone to reduced lifespan under high temps, for gen 4 sabrent makes some reliable and cool running drives, hynix p31 or crucial p3 for gen 3, that’s assuming it’s an NVMe capable slot.
its cheese
looks like your pc can generate butter now. do you like toast?
Lol rip the cpu too, there might be more butter in there
Where was it (thermal pad) in relation to the SSD?
Don’t take shit apart if you don’t know anything about what you’re doing
The better question would be why you took a bite out of the thermal pad
bro got wet cheese for free
It’s a piece of overcooked fish.
Cheese eat it
that isn’t weird thing you shouldn’t throw out them 🙁
If you don’t know what that is you probably (DEFINITELY) should not be opening up a laptop
That’s provalone brother
its a thermal pad, did you tear it? you can put it back where it was
FWIW I saw an ad for Win11 Pro for $22.99 on Forbes I think. It’s good through Dec 3. I think it is legit.
In case you need to buy it for a new SSD.
If this isn’t allowed. Just google it. There are tons like it. Many cheaper but I think this one is legit.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2152213/black-friday-upgrade-to-windows-11-pro-for-just-23.html
Left over bubble gum
That’s all your data, SSD leaked.
Thermal pad
why do u have tofu in your laptop?
Did you take a bite?
You receive loot: [Laptop Cheese]
Laffy taffy
Well yes, i guess you could say it is wet and sticky.
How screwed are you?
Considering you jumped to the conclusion that the manufacturer messed up building it and proceeded to destroy the thermal pad before understanding what it is, what it does or why it is important.
Based on critical thinking in the long run I’d say. Pretty screwed. Don’t mess with shit you don’t know anything about. At least take 5 minutes and research it. A little effort goes a long way.
Sticky and wet, title of your sex tape!
It’s thermally conductive cheese. Looks like the mozzarella kind. You should replace it with some provolone, but make sure you don’t accidentally buy swiss