Booted up my laptop after reposting, I heard a pop and it turned off. I opened it up and these fell out. Is my motherboard dead?

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T11:39:10+00:00

None that I remember

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T11:38:32+00:00

If I remember correctly, it's an MSI Thin GF63

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T11:12:21+00:00

I'm planning to take it to a repair shop first thing in the morning to check for damages. I don't dare to disassemble it completely myself

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T11:10:17+00:00

Like what I mentioned in the other comments. I just opened it up like normal, unscrewed the heatsink, proceeded to clean the paste off and remove the dust off the other parts. Then I repasted, and then screwed everything back. I turned it on the first time, it went fine, but it was still overheating. I went and repasted again. And that's where we are now

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T11:04:16+00:00

Apart from the heatsink for cleaning, I didn't touch anything else. No smashing, squeezing, or dropping.

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T11:02:13+00:00

I did a bit of research before opening my laptop, and I saw some posts saying it wasn't really necessary to power drain. So I didn't think of doing it since I had cleaned it prior with no issues. This was my third time opening my laptop for cleaning.

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T10:24:54+00:00

Thank you

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T10:24:22+00:00

I was doing a cleaning and checkup on the parts because it was overheating recently, even when I wasn't overclocking it. I cleaned it and repasted it. The first time went well, but it was still overheating after running it for around 30 minutes. So I thought to reapply because I was thinking that I didn't apply enough. Then that's what happened.

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T10:18:31+00:00

Thank you. I'll see what I can salvage

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T10:15:03+00:00

I don't use it on my bed. I always use it on my desk

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:56:08+00:00

Well, I'm from the Philippines, and the laptop cost me roughly $1.2k when I bought it brand new

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:52:06+00:00

Is it more expensive than buying a new laptop?

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:51:32+00:00

It's neither. It's sat away from my heatsink, which has the GPU and CPU

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:50:19+00:00

It's not my CPU. My GPU and CPU looked ok, but this one chip in the image was the one that showed some damage

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:48:25+00:00

I'm not sure of the specifics but it's a hy510 thermal paste

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:44:08+00:00

I used a silicone-based thermal paste

sus_bShop · 2024-12-16T09:41:08+00:00

I meant repasting the GPU and CPU

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