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My laptop which is just under 2 years old started overheating. I'm no PC newbie so I took the laptop all apart, took out the fan, cleaned all the dust out of the fins for the heatsink connected to the cooling pipe. I also cleaned the fan blades. I have never in ten years not seen this fix work - until now.
The PC shut down 5 or 6 times before I cleaned it. I use Speed Fan to see my HD temp and the temps for my CPU and GPU core sides (It's an AMD Trinity based A8 APU) My CPU runs the hottest at around 200 - 112 degrees F.
My Fan airflow is good and strong since the fan/fin cleaning BUT when the PC gets hot, the fan's air still seems cool compared to previous experience. it's seems like the heat isn't getting picked up by the fan but i cannot find any restrictions under the hood.
I have run burn in and other CPU/GPU stress tests and all accounts say my chips are working normally.
Is it possible my cooling pipe is bad?
Also, I read that overheating could cause thermal paste to dry out prematurely. This may be my only recourse but i never had to replace thermal paste before.
Please tell me what you guys think. Thanks!
The PC shut down 5 or 6 times before I cleaned it. I use Speed Fan to see my HD temp and the temps for my CPU and GPU core sides (It's an AMD Trinity based A8 APU) My CPU runs the hottest at around 200 - 112 degrees F.
My Fan airflow is good and strong since the fan/fin cleaning BUT when the PC gets hot, the fan's air still seems cool compared to previous experience. it's seems like the heat isn't getting picked up by the fan but i cannot find any restrictions under the hood.
I have run burn in and other CPU/GPU stress tests and all accounts say my chips are working normally.
Is it possible my cooling pipe is bad?
Also, I read that overheating could cause thermal paste to dry out prematurely. This may be my only recourse but i never had to replace thermal paste before.
Please tell me what you guys think. Thanks!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 64 bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavillion G7-2251dx
- CPU
- AMD A-8 4500M
- Memory
- 8 Gigabytes DDR3 sdram
- Graphics Card(s)
- Discrete ATI Radeon HD 7640G with 2 Gigs
- Sound Card
- IDT Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900
- Hard Drives
- 500 gig
- Internet Speed
- 3.5 mb/sec