Need help identifying part on laptop

[ShangWang]

I remember a few months back I did not have compressed air so I used a microfiber cloth to clean my fans and some dusty parts of my laptop interior. (Don't worry I have compressed air now.)

I had used a microfiber cloth to go over this component here: https://prnt.sc/1tlanrl

My laptop still works fine but I remember going over the small metal pieces and wasn't sure if I had potentially damaged whatever the component was.

Can anyone tell me what that part is and what the metal pieces are for? If I lightly brushed it with a microfiber cloth likely no damage was caused?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Looks like chipset.
Cpu and gpu can look similar, but those will have a heatsink attached to them.

 

[ShangWang]

Looks like chipset.
Cpu and gpu can look similar, but those will have a heatsink attached to them.

I see, I know the chip beside it is for I/O. It is definitely not the CPU or GPU, I have a heatsink for them.

Do you know what the metal pieces are for and what kind of chip it is specifically?

 

[SkyNetRising]

If laptop model is AN515-53-52FA, then chipset is Intel HM370.

Datasheet PN: NH.Q3ZAA.001

Small metallic pieces are called SMD - probably small capacitors or resistors.

 

[ShangWang]

If laptop model is AN515-53-52FA, then chipset is Intel HM370.

Datasheet PN: NH.Q3ZAA.001

Small metallic pieces are called SMD - probably small capacitors or resistors.

Thanks, mine is AN515-53-53U7, basically the same thing.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Yes. Specs look the same.
http://www.acer.com/datasheets/2018/4876/AN515-53/NH.Q3ZAA.002.html

 

[hang-the-9]

I remember a few months back I did not have compressed air so I used a microfiber cloth to clean my fans and some dusty parts of my laptop interior. (Don't worry I have compressed air now.)

I had used a microfiber cloth to go over this component here: https://prnt.sc/1tlanrl

My laptop still works fine but I remember going over the small metal pieces and wasn't sure if I had potentially damaged whatever the component was.

Can anyone tell me what that part is and what the metal pieces are for? If I lightly brushed it with a microfiber cloth likely no damage was caused?

If it's working fine, then you did not damage it. If it's working fine but something caused a small crack that will crash the system in a few months or years, there is no way to tell so you may as well assume that did not happen.