Noob Question about T42

[honbut]

Hi, i was just wondering,
i was took out my keyboard today as my T42 started to act funny.
i was looking in and wondering what the chip is beside the CPU and onto of the GPU(same one) is?

and also, does applying thermal paste matter a lot as in bring the temperature down?

thanks

[Stan]

Hi, i was just wondering,
i was took out my keyboard today as my T42 started to act funny.
i was looking in and wondering what the chip is beside the CPU and onto of the GPU(same one) is?

and also, does applying thermal paste matter a lot as in bring the temperature down?

thanks

You took out the keyboard because of what fault?
I don't understand the second sentence, sorry.

The stock thermal paste can degrade with age, so it may be wise to use an upraded material when making modifications to, or replacing a heatsink/ fan module with a higher grade themal material than the one used by IBM/ Lenovo in the initial build.

A good thermal paste will last longer and be a little more efficient than a simplistic thermal grease, imo.

Sorry if I didn't answer much of your question but I didn't understand part of it.

[honbut]

my question is,
in the middle of the MB
there is a chip..
its located on the right side of the CPU
and on top of the GPU
I',m just wondering what that chip is called

[sjthinkpader]

This is either the northbridge or the southbridge in the chipset. Not sure which one. The northbridge handles the highspeed transfers and southbridge handles the low speed activities.

[aaa]

It's the northbridge.

[honbut]

oaky thx

[yak]

The southbridge is under the touchpad (and under the WiFi card, if you have one).