Motherboard failure on my e5-576g

Lemonade

i am was disassembling my laptop to change the thermal paste but i did a really clumsy move i accidentally broke 2 little chip near the gpu as the tip of my screw driver slip, one was broke off and the other one hangging by a thread. should i expect some motherboard failure soon? because i am currently doing many test but its seems like nothing happen everyhting is normal.

brummyfan2

Hi,
I think it could be a cosmetic damage as it works normally, so keep an eye on the system for any noticeable changes(mainly temps), most probably you should be fine.

brummyfan2

Hi,
I think it could be a cosmetic damage as it works normally, so keep an eye on the system for any noticeable changes(mainly temps), most probably you should be fine.

Lemonade

brummyfan2 said:

Hi,
I think it could be a cosmetic damage as it works normally, so keep an eye on the system for any noticeable changes(mainly temps), most probably you should be fine.

so do you know what the 2 chips does? cosmetic damage, meaning its not a vital and important part of the motherboard? right now im strest testing  hard my laptop playing games running test bench the temps are fine. im sorry im just panicking right now.

brummyfan2

Hi,
I don't know what those chips are but as you said that it's working without any issue, hence my guess that it hasn't done a fatal damage to the motherboard.

Lemonade

i just realize that i have uneven core temps now. 1 out of 4 cores which is core # 3 is 7 celsius higher than other cores when underload. If its idle only 1-2C higher than the rest. maybe the chip that i broke may have something to do with controlling of voltage? should i replace my motherboard or is it still normal?

brummyfan2

Hi,
The temperature difference is not bad, keep monitoring for few weeks, it may get settled after few reboots, also use different monitoring programs to compare the temperatures like Core temp, HWmonitor and Real Temp.
https://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
https://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/