Opened up my laptop to clean the fans and there's this gray

It's thermal paste. It make a contact between the chip and a headsink to take the heat away from the chip. Don't clean it off, or if you do replace it with artic silver or some other thermal paste.

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>>60853847
Mostly, yeah. Got some isopropyl, clean it off and be on your way.
Happy to help, take care.

>>60853847
Op that is thermal paste .

>>60853847
It's bird poop. You need to lick it off.

>>60853847
Yes. Remove it with isopropyl rubbing alcohol and you will be good to go.

Yeah it's just junk, you can remove it with alcohol. It only increases temps.

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lol look mom

>>60853847
Cum

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>>60853868
>>60853871

Is /b/ down? All the retards on /g/ today shitposting

>>60853847
That's not good at all, my man. I work on computers and that's called acid burn. It's when your CPU runs too hot and it starts to leave this burnt grey residue on the top of it. You need some Coca-Cola and use a really old towel and clean it off.

It's safe, trust me.

>>60853847
Do not listen to this fucker.

That is called termal paste and it helps reduce the heat

By the looking at your photo, it looks dehydrated though (maybe due to intense heat). You need to apply some petrolium jelly on it to moiturize it. Rub it gently until everything is mixed up and moisturized.

Or better if you have some sunblock, that works best too since it can effectively block heat. Higher the SPF, the better.

Next time be careful on asking /g, i am not always here to save your ass.

>>60853940
This. Get some SPF 100.

It's just thermal paste. Clean it off and replace it with some mayonnaise. It's the same thing.

>>60853940
This. SPF 100 is the best. But unless you overclock, SPF 50 is enough

>>60853940
>>60853949
Also make sure you dont apply too much. One peacock drip is enough

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>>60853992
Good advice

>>60853940
OP here, thank you. I found our sunblock, its only SPF 50 but i never overclock so I am safe right.?i only play Dota

>>60854034
how many is one peacock?

>>60853847
Just clean it off and install the heatsinks again.

>>60853868
Is it bad if i rubbed it off?

>>60854135
I rub one off every day or so.

>>60854135
Yes, rub it in gentle, slow jerking motion until the paste comes off

>>60853847
You need to reglue it. I recommend cement.

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>>60854171
I read that as "until the paste comes out"

>>60853847
Nice shitty acer

you need to clean and replace with a new fresh paste. You should never have removed the heat dissipator in the first place though

ONE TUBE PER PAD.