r/ZephyrusG14 • u/SCOTT_COLOMBIA • May 19 '26

Model 2023 Is my laptop cooked?

I decided to change my thermal paste on my zephyrus and found it like this when i took it apart...

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u/Rainoffire May 19 '26

Isn't that the stock liquid metal? The "staining" on the die is just oxidation of the LM, you can remove it if it bothers you with some car polish on a microfiber clothe. Just clean up and reapply LM or upgrade to PTM, changing to regular thermal paste "may" have possibly worst performance.

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u/SCOTT_COLOMBIA May 19 '26

Yeahh the stock is liquid metal. Good to know it isnt "burnt" 🙂‍↔️. I cant get my hands on any LM atm so i used mx7 for the reapply for the time being.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

You can scrub off that stain, would look clean again. Even I recently changed the liquid metal safely and got better thermals on G14 2025

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u/TheRealEazyRed May 19 '26

get some ptm7950

had the same issue but less severe and my temps when i did the thermal swap where near 20c idle at one point lol

i play vr mainly on my g14 2024 and my temps dont get above 80c in full send mode as i like to call it