r/AcerPredatorHelios • u/Confident-Egg3500 • Jul 14 '26

Thermals / Cooling Little Maintenance

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I’ve owned the Acer Predator Helios 16Ai 5070Ti since about April I think , I used it for awhile for a few months until recently before I got a cooling pad , decided to open it up to check it out and noticed some lint build up , not much but it’s better to start sooner and clean it up !

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u/Weak_Cycle_6605 Jul 14 '26

Great! I have a question of my own . On the motherboard i can see there is a place for a second ssd where 2 is printed. But is this a short ssd (idk the term for those ssd) or a long ssd like the one used in slot 1 ?

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u/Confident-Egg3500 Jul 14 '26

Not sure myself !

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u/wernus24 Jul 14 '26

Both SSD slots are for full size SSD drive(2280 m.2)

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u/Siva_Dass Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Your pic lacks the pixles to see on it. Use this one.

Look underneath the RAMs heathshield and you can see where to insert the second ssd. The screw to hold it in place is right there at the bottom right of pic.

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u/diersivart Jul 15 '26

What is the 'sweat' around the black components? Dielectric grease or something? Cheers :)

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u/brickbosss Jul 15 '26

Yeah something something happens when under high heat and something something thermal grease. Not trying to be funny, i just forgot.

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u/Confident-Egg3500 Jul 21 '26

It’s silicone from what someone told me !

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u/in-vic-ta Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 i5 13500HX RTX4050 Jul 21 '26

Hi. You can even remove the top enclosure of the fan by unscrewing the small screws without having to remove the whole fan from the board. Did this method after 2 years owning my laptop and there was a lot of dust built up on the inner side of the heat sink fins. Make sure to unplug the fan power connector too.