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  • On a second thought, do you think it’ll be safe to use thermal pad instead of tape to cover that area? It’s a thermal pad with 6.0 w/mK conductivity. I can’t use it as a single piece though so I have to cut out a few to sizes and then use.
    in What’s this silver colored layer? Helios 500 Comment by Pordan November 2019
  • Maybe I’ll get some Kapton tape to use as a replacement. Is it ok if I cover the pins with tape or should I avoid that area?I did some research and found that those kind of things are used to make sure if people use liquid metal, it doesn’t reach the other part of the board because it will damage the whole system because…
    in What’s this silver colored layer? Helios 500 Comment by Pordan November 2019
  • Also forgot to mention that the pin area of the gpu already had some thermal paste stuck on it. Not sure if they accidentally put the paste on there as well and then put that square shaped tape on or it got under there after applying the thermal paste. But there was no way I could get all the previous paste out without…
    in What’s this silver colored layer? Helios 500 Comment by Pordan November 2019
  • I can’t reuse it because I didn’t know the steel lid could be detached so I was trying to lift the layer to get the old thermal paste out and while doing it I ended up damaging the tape like thingy. so I decided to remove it completely. because it got torn to the point where I felt like couldn’t reuse it
    in What’s this silver colored layer? Helios 500 Comment by Pordan November 2019
  • Sure. Sorry for the late reply It’s the Helios 500 PH517-51 I think. The CPU (you can see it’s on the right side)in my laptop doesn’t have any tape on it . The GPU had this square shaped tape covering the area beside the GPU die and it was also with adhesive. I removed it btw afterwards. I saw many laptop repair videos…
    in What’s this silver colored layer? Helios 500 Comment by Pordan November 2019
  • thanks for the reply. i found out that the metal thing on top could be lifted so i just removed that silver layered tape like thing. i can't repaste it though. there was a lot of old thermal paste stuck between the gpu pins. anyway, what are those things called? am i fine applying new thermal paste without that? im not…
    in What’s this silver colored layer? Helios 500 Comment by Pordan November 2019
  • Can't help with your laptop not turning on but in case you want to get the SNID, you can download the acer care center app from acer's website. it'll help you get the SNID and other useful info about your laptop
    in Not powering on Spin 5 Comment by Pordan October 2019
  • Yes, its the PH517-51. Thanks
    in Samsung 970 Evo on Helios 500 ? Comment by Pordan October 2019
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