Disassembling an old laptop to check for damaged parts, and anything to salvage if so, and have found what looks like the culprit causing this old thing's death in the past.
The graphics chip has small fragments of dust and what looks like tiny specs of plastic gathered around the outer edges away from the thermal paste.
I don't have a picture of the chip in working order to compare it to but it appears some of the very small connectors on the top side of the chip have been smashed. I don't know their definition; very tiny metal contacts sticking up out of the top of the chip outside of the center nvidia block. Some of them appear to be bridged with porcelain or silicon. But, it is some of those "bridges" that look to be shattered.
What are those contact's definition? And could they shatter on their own from heat or surge? Or is it more likely someone smashed them installing or "fixing"?
It is an onboard nvidia graphics chip in an old Presario F series.
The graphics chip has small fragments of dust and what looks like tiny specs of plastic gathered around the outer edges away from the thermal paste.
I don't have a picture of the chip in working order to compare it to but it appears some of the very small connectors on the top side of the chip have been smashed. I don't know their definition; very tiny metal contacts sticking up out of the top of the chip outside of the center nvidia block. Some of them appear to be bridged with porcelain or silicon. But, it is some of those "bridges" that look to be shattered.
What are those contact's definition? And could they shatter on their own from heat or surge? Or is it more likely someone smashed them installing or "fixing"?
It is an onboard nvidia graphics chip in an old Presario F series.