![First time changing thermal paste and the old stuff has hardened around the gpu and won't come off. What do? : r/pcmasterrace First time changing thermal paste and the old stuff has hardened around the gpu and won't come off. What do? : r/pcmasterrace](https://external-preview.redd.it/UI2hQWpzvMFaiAm0FEkphSyzxClmhziCEC307Z5yukU.jpg?auto=webp&s=a1e4fbc674ff35d666b78a19e56f9b34d9322c3a)
First time changing thermal paste and the old stuff has hardened around the gpu and won't come off. What do? : r/pcmasterrace
![Changing GPU thermal paste. Do i need to remove the residue on the sides, or can i just leave it be? : r/pcmasterrace Changing GPU thermal paste. Do i need to remove the residue on the sides, or can i just leave it be? : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/qlb0o6z3sfd51.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=38ace8c45943f6e05690f52198769c43241ca688)
Changing GPU thermal paste. Do i need to remove the residue on the sides, or can i just leave it be? : r/pcmasterrace
![question: i replaced the thermal pads & paste on my gpu, now vram is cooler BUT the GPU is hotter, why is that? did i do something wrong? more in comments : question: i replaced the thermal pads & paste on my gpu, now vram is cooler BUT the GPU is hotter, why is that? did i do something wrong? more in comments :](https://preview.redd.it/3c6muet6lwn71.jpg?auto=webp&s=99041fab32ed3b4759a9c0d0f4996c8866bdf3bc)
question: i replaced the thermal pads & paste on my gpu, now vram is cooler BUT the GPU is hotter, why is that? did i do something wrong? more in comments :
![help i changed my thermal pads and thermal paste on my 6900 xt but no when i boot i get video for 2 seconds then it cuts but windows is still open : help i changed my thermal pads and thermal paste on my 6900 xt but no when i boot i get video for 2 seconds then it cuts but windows is still open :](https://preview.redd.it/feje3jip42b91.jpg?auto=webp&s=4021c85e52ff070fd5104d6f2943d88e94d6f115)
help i changed my thermal pads and thermal paste on my 6900 xt but no when i boot i get video for 2 seconds then it cuts but windows is still open :
![Nvidia used way too much thermal paste. How do I remove it without damaging the capacitors? : r/pcmasterrace Nvidia used way too much thermal paste. How do I remove it without damaging the capacitors? : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/629w4g6x1ts61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ff17d5c92f43eebc0d62e0e71f683cdff7b80f7c)
Nvidia used way too much thermal paste. How do I remove it without damaging the capacitors? : r/pcmasterrace
![Did I just kill my GPU?? See pictures attached. Was replacing thermal paste and slightly scratched the pcb by the die. Now it wont display Output. Any suggestions or solutions? : r/pcmasterrace Did I just kill my GPU?? See pictures attached. Was replacing thermal paste and slightly scratched the pcb by the die. Now it wont display Output. Any suggestions or solutions? : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/3tlv22dgztw71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9f3157aa92c9237bfb0952bc0a1a32f6b82ae52e)
Did I just kill my GPU?? See pictures attached. Was replacing thermal paste and slightly scratched the pcb by the die. Now it wont display Output. Any suggestions or solutions? : r/pcmasterrace
![Took my computer apart to replace the 6 year old thermal paste on my i5 4590 lol how dry it is : r/intel Took my computer apart to replace the 6 year old thermal paste on my i5 4590 lol how dry it is : r/intel](https://preview.redd.it/hp6ce9z75li71.jpg?auto=webp&s=c2c730d4c140dcc5cf12706aeef3a0264a59ccb4)
Took my computer apart to replace the 6 year old thermal paste on my i5 4590 lol how dry it is : r/intel
![Laptop GPU started to die after getting a computer shop to replace the thermal paste. I opened it up to see what they had done. : r/techsupportgore Laptop GPU started to die after getting a computer shop to replace the thermal paste. I opened it up to see what they had done. : r/techsupportgore](https://external-preview.redd.it/OP3tjNuT4PcY6D8g-i-V3LTPT-1M_TWhRNLQ7qv2dxw.jpg?auto=webp&s=d7b6a491554f5741ffc0accc28bf10da299a314f)
Laptop GPU started to die after getting a computer shop to replace the thermal paste. I opened it up to see what they had done. : r/techsupportgore
![Replacing thermal paste on 2080, when i pulled the heatsink from the gpu the thermal pads looked like this, would i need to replace them? : r/pcmasterrace Replacing thermal paste on 2080, when i pulled the heatsink from the gpu the thermal pads looked like this, would i need to replace them? : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/ootwx8g645281.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=972e14d813153075b69551e40c3de038a69706ee)
Replacing thermal paste on 2080, when i pulled the heatsink from the gpu the thermal pads looked like this, would i need to replace them? : r/pcmasterrace
![Update on the GPU thermal paste from last night! Thanks for the people who helped and explained! : r/nvidia Update on the GPU thermal paste from last night! Thanks for the people who helped and explained! : r/nvidia](https://preview.redd.it/8n8jccjzeh881.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=65adb4553dca4cc11a0966f5354921f93d1b4aad)
Update on the GPU thermal paste from last night! Thanks for the people who helped and explained! : r/nvidia
![My GPU (purchased Nov 2019) was starting to overheating and causing problems recently, so I opened it up, Is that enough thermal paste? or should I replace it? : r/pcmasterrace My GPU (purchased Nov 2019) was starting to overheating and causing problems recently, so I opened it up, Is that enough thermal paste? or should I replace it? : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/s514y2o4n3s81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b6284e0bbfc7b69dd63bf2e6be2517b1ce0c67ec)