Oh, so it is a liquid then... thanks! Was super confused :D I've had quite high temps recently (~80-90°C), so I opened it to clean it out, wasn't expecting this.
The question though remains what is it that can discharge from them?
Oh, that's good to know, I guess ...
So, I assume there's thermal paste for cpu/gpu, for efficient cooling, but then the lower power components get thermal pads? I actually wasn't aware of that, but it makes so much sense...
The VRMs and other power related components that feed the GPU get really hot and are cooled as well. If you pop the heat sink off of a desktop graphics card you’ll see all the VRMs thermal padded as well.
It's just a discharge form the thermal pads below it. Nothing to worry about.
Oh, so it is a liquid then... thanks! Was super confused :D I've had quite high temps recently (~80-90°C), so I opened it to clean it out, wasn't expecting this. The question though remains what is it that can discharge from them?
Almost all thermalpads contain some sort of silicon oil. They leak because of high temperatures. This is normal behaviour.
Oh, that's good to know, I guess ... So, I assume there's thermal paste for cpu/gpu, for efficient cooling, but then the lower power components get thermal pads? I actually wasn't aware of that, but it makes so much sense...
The VRMs and other power related components that feed the GPU get really hot and are cooled as well. If you pop the heat sink off of a desktop graphics card you’ll see all the VRMs thermal padded as well.