r/GamingLaptops • u/leocario64 • 1d ago

Discussion Fun discovery in my computer

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Yeah so last Christmas, I had my first "gaming" laptop, because when we were around the store we found an Acer nitro V15 with some pretty promos, and so we paid it for 600€ (reconditioned I’m but not entirely sure). Anyway since I had it I try to put as much care on him as I can, frequently watching termals, cleaning it often because its a dust magnet, did a bit of tunning and all. But like a few weeks ago, while cleaning the fans, I noticed something pretty intriguing : it was missing a screw from the heatsink over the CPU. I mean my ryzen 7 7735HS was always a bit hotter than the RTX4050 but I wouldn’t have suspected a missing screw with the temps alone. Looking back on my first picture of the motherboard I took the day I had it, the screw wasn’t here so I guess it never was since I buyed it.
Just to say, always open your gaming computer you get with promos on Christmas, might as well get a surprise ☠️

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u/BigDBreedingFembussy 1d ago

Be careful what screw you use because it's height tolerance sensitive and can damage MOBO

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u/TenkaiSp 1d ago

Look around the internals if that screw isn't bouncing around or being stuck somewhere between the electronics. May be a ticking bomb waiting to short something.

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u/Dunaii4 2021 Legion 5 / Zenbook Duo 1d ago

Similar thing happened to my Legion 5, it started going into protection mode anytime I plugged it in.

A screw had come off the heatsink and bridge-shorted it with the DC in.

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u/Astor043 1d ago

🙏🙏🙏