Last update, for any brave soul that wishes to attempt the same thing: I have opened up the machine, it was indeed a copper heat sink, exactly as it was showed in this video: https://youtu.be/stf6WWeGVxg?t=400 I have also successfully applied liquid metal to the laptop and done some 3DMark tests before and after. Overall, the machine is much cooler to the touch when idle/browsing the web. While gaming it still becomes warm right next to the "rtyui" keys, but its more bearable now. The results show that the CPU went from mid-90s C to mid-80s C, while the GPU stayed more or less the same. I feel like some extra heat pipes would be needed for the machine to become really cool, or maybe the radiator parts are just not bulky enough to dissipate the heat. But who knows at this point? I have attached the image results at the bottom. pre metal: post metal:
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