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    Installing new Video card. Thermal paste?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Nicholas Scott, Jul 4, 2011.

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    I just got a replacement mmx Video card for my Gateway NX860XL laptop. The card died. I noticed that there is what appeared to be double stick metallic tape that held the heat sink to one of the other chips. The actual V card used thermal paste. Can I just use thermal paste in on the other chip when installing the new card?
     
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