Apply thermal paste to integrated GPU?

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#269726 4-Apr-2020 18:46

Good evening all.

I'm currently replacing the thermal paste on my partners laptop CPU. The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite c55-a-5100. It comes with integrated laptop graphics? (Mobile Intel® HM76 Express Chipset / Mobile Intel® HD graphics with shared graphics memory) but I noticed that the GPU does not have any thermal paste on it. GPU is circled bottom right of the image. The casing doesn't have any sort of heatsink/pad on it either for the GPU.

Is it okay to apply thermal paste to the GPU or best to leave it alone? Thanks.

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#2454603 4-Apr-2020 19:16

If the heatsink doesn't cover it, there is no point. Are you sure that's the GPU? iGPU is part of the CPU die, and a dedicated GPU will definitely have some form of cooling. I suspect that is probably the 'chipset' chip.

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#2454607 4-Apr-2020 19:25

True. Yeah I have no idea to be honest. Looking under the hood of a laptop is relatively new to me.

A lot of heat comes out from that area when the computer is under heavy load and when I saw another chip, I just guessed thatit may be the graphics. But considering the fact that it's integrated, your comment makes sense.

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#2454610 4-Apr-2020 19:27

Google the numbers on that chip, you'll soon find out what it is.

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#2454613 4-Apr-2020 19:32

Chipset that provides the following for the system:
A second generation DMI link between it and the CPU
8 PCI-E 2.0 lanes
2 SATA 6gbps ports
4 SATA 3gbps ports
4 USB 3.0 ports
8 USB 2.0 ports

Looks like I'll just do the CPU.

Thanks for your help