AN515-54-79EL - Acer nitro 5, what is the pink paste behind the fan.

Model Name: AN515-54-79EL

Part Number: NH.Q5BED.072

Spec

gpu:1660 ti 6gb

cpu:i7-9750h

system: Windows 10 Home
so
I have tried to repaste my cpu and gpu few days ago. When i opened the inside and removed the fan, i saw these paste sit behind the fan. So i wanna ask what this is.

I also realized that i put too much thermal paste on gpu and cpu, which caused the tempeture increases. So i need to change repaste it again. Do i need to do something with this pink paste if i remove/open the fan again or can i just leave it as it is right now?

By the way, do i have to make the thermal paste as thin as it is in the picture?

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andylb

Don't mess with it, it is thermal paste around the chips. Follow this video to repaste the CPU and GPU and I would go with Grizzly Kryonaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vfoUkIazNA&t=63s

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DS001

andylb said:

Don't mess with it, it is thermal paste around the chips. Follow this video to repaste the CPU and GPU and I would go with Grizzly Kryonaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vfoUkIazNA&t=63s

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I did not mean the thermal paste. I mean these pink and cube shaped pastes around it the chips.

andylb

DS001 said:

andylb said:

Don't mess with it, it is thermal paste around the chips. Follow this video to repaste the CPU and GPU and I would go with Grizzly Kryonaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vfoUkIazNA&t=63s

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I did not mean the thermal paste. I mean these pink and cube shaped pastes around it the chips.

I know what you meant my friend and as I explained it is a pink thermal paste around the cube shaped chips, leave it alone and do the GPU/CPU repaste using the video I posted as a guide. The pink stuff is also a thermal paste.

404rishabh

@andylb Hey, so I don't touch the pink stuff right ? No need to repaste it or replace it with anything else ? You help is really appreciated, thank you !

ayush007

404rishabh said:

@andylb Hey, so I don't touch the pink stuff right ? No need to repaste it or replace it with anything else ? You help is really appreciated, thank you !

Bro what were we temps after and before repasting it.....

Uparanjan

Bro i removed the pink paste ..what should I do? My lapi is temperature throttling.

nivreph

Hi. I'm using acer predator and i'm also curious about that pink paste. When i repasted my helios, i noticed the pink paste looks inadequate and isn't distributed properly on the chips. Should i put thermal paste on its gaps

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