A Redditor reports Acer replaced liquid metal cooling with standard paste on an Intel laptop during repair.
A Redditor reported that Acer replaced the factory liquid metal cooling compound with Arctic MX-4 thermal paste on an Intel i9 13900HX laptop during an RMA process. The change reportedly caused the CPU to reach 102°C under load. Wccftech covered the account from the user and published details from the repair. The report centers on the cooling material swap and the resulting high temperatures observed after the laptop returned from service. No independent confirmation from Acer appears in the available posts.
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A Redditor reports Acer replaced liquid metal cooling with standard paste on an Intel laptop during repair.
A Redditor reported that Acer replaced the factory liquid metal cooling compound with Arctic MX-4 thermal paste on an Intel i9 13900HX laptop during an RMA process. The change reportedly caused the CPU to reach 102°C under load. Wccftech covered the account from the user and published details from the repair. The report centers on the cooling material swap and the resulting high temperatures observed after the laptop returned from service. No independent confirmation from Acer appears in the available posts.
Wccftech@wccftechAcer reportedly swapped factory liquid metal with Arctic MX-4 during RMA, sending Redditor's Core i9 CPU to 102°C. 🔗 https://wccf.tech/1l645
Wccftech@wccftechAcer reportedly swapped factory liquid metal with Arctic MX-4 during RMA, sending Redditor's Core i9 CPU to 102°C. 🔗 https://wccf.tech/1l645
