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**Aus_Karlos** · 02-09-2008, 08:00 AM

Get your self some thermal paste (Artic Silver 5 is a good brand $12). remove the heatsink and scrap off all the original thermal paste from the heatsink and the CPU and apply the new paste. Spread the new paste with a piece of card so that the top of the CPU is covered and stick the heatsink back on (you only need a paper thin layer of paste).
This should bring the temps back down.
The temp needs to be about 50c-65c for normal CPU operation.

02-09-2008, 08:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,390 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Slow Overheating CPU help needed Get your self some thermal paste (Artic Silver 5 is a good brand $12). remove the heatsink and scrap off all the original thermal paste from the heatsink and the CPU and apply the new paste. Spread the new paste with a piece of card so that the top of the CPU is covered and stick the heatsink back on (you only need a paper thin layer of paste). This should bring the temps back down. The temp needs to be about 50c-65c for normal CPU operation. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home