Laptop Gpu Mount Standoff Came Off

[Schewux]

Hi. I have a Scar 16 laptop which I had to reapply liquid metal after I bought as 4 ecores would hit 90 degrees and throttle the cpu. This was around 8 months ago.
Anyways for some reason, in just a week my gpu temps started hitting 88 degrees and wattage dropped to ~130W instead of 80 degrees and 175W. No big deal I'll just reapply the paste again.
Then when I tried to unscrew the heatsink, the nut just came off. Whatever I'll just use the remaining screws and close it up.
In the end, temps got way better than the state it was in but around 5 degrees worse than what it was before. And I'm also worried about liquid metal seeping out with a screw missing even though heatsink has barriers around the die. What can I do to reattach it to the board? Super glue, epoxy or solder which I'm not very comfortable with. Thanks.

Sorry for the picture I was too lazy to remove the heatsink again.

 

[eidairaman1]

Heres a solution, stop using liquid metal, use thermalpads

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

Dang. Epoxy or solder either would in theory work (I'd opt for solder), but there is so little to hold on to, you would have to do it a little at a time and build it up as much as you could, while also making sure you got it back to the right height, or else it will never mount properly. Then, would have to be incredibly careful when tightening back down not to break it again. Still might not hold for long. You just have to get it snug, doesn't have to be torqued down....it isn't holding a crankshaft. I see a board replacement in your future.

 

[eidairaman1]

Dang. Epoxy or solder either would in theory work (I'd opt for solder), but there is so little to hold on to, you would have to do it a little at a time and build it up as much as you could, while also making sure you got it back to the right height, or else it will never mount properly. Then, would have to be incredibly careful when tightening back down not to break it again. Still might not hold for long. You just have to get it snug, doesn't have to be torqued down....it isn't holding a crankshaft. I see a board replacement in your future.

Id use non conductive epoxy on the standoff/nutplate to keep in place so the hs can be screwed down