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**TriggerFinger** · 07-02-2009, 11:27 AM

Make sure vents/heatsink/fan areas are not covered/obstructed by anything while laptop is in use. Also (since you have cleaned and reapplied thermal compound), check how high the temps get so you can rule out overheating.

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TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Processor overheating Make sure vents/heatsink/fan areas are not covered/obstructed by anything while laptop is in use. Also (since you have cleaned and reapplied thermal compound), check how high the temps get so you can rule out overheating. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE