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‎11-26-2021 12:10 PM - edited ‎11-26-2021 12:11 PM

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Product: OMEN 15-ax225nd
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I just opened my hp omen 15ax225nd to replace my SSD and I saw a shiny piece of hardware exposed which I just found out to be the CPU of my laptop. According to the manual there should be a heat sink on top of it which I find very weird. This laptop has been purchased from the official HP website and it has never been opened up before. Is the fact that the heat sink is missing a bad thing for my CPU? I have been using it for years like this without knowing this.

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‎11-26-2021 01:33 PM

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@Testy12 

 

That shiny piece is actually its heat sink

 

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‎11-26-2021 01:43 PM

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The mounting holes are not used. Are you sure?

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‎11-26-2021 04:28 PM - edited ‎11-26-2021 04:29 PM

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omen 15 heatsinkomen 15 heatsink

This is from the service manual of your laptop. Do you have 2 fans in your laptop? Not sure of the configuration of heatsink and number of fans if your laptop does not have a dedicated nvIDIA GPU. Posts like yours should have a photo uploaded, help would be a lot faster.  

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‎11-27-2021 08:47 AM

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Testy12_1-1638027952113.png

First off, my bad that I used the word heatsink. I have no idea why I mentioned a heatsink since it's most surely not the heatsink. The part I am talking about is the red enclosed part in the attached figure. The piece that should be mounted in the screw holes is missing.

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