Question Repasting laptop, looks like they got solder on the heatsink pad

SpaceCore

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I got the soldering iron out. Kind of a crappy iron but it's what I had. I tried to remove as much as I could and at least flatten out the rest. Repasted and put it all back together. Initial test looks good, showed 8-10c lower at idle. Will have to stress test it later.
 

SpaceCore

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While gaming it maxed at 85c but averaged around 80c. I probably could have squeezed a couple more C's out of it if I got 100% of the solder off, or I could undervolt, but I'm ok with those numbers. Better than the 95-100c it got up to at times before.
 
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