- Jul 6, 2002
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My PC has been running crazy hot recently. I did a Prime 95 run and it was well over the 90s, almost pushing the thermal limit of the CPU. I know the heatsink was installed ok because the temps used to be fine.
So I opened it up and popped off the fan and the heatsink was coated with a thick layer of dust. You could not even see the grill. I removed the dust and then removed the heatsink and reapplied some fresh thermal paste and it's 30c cooler. Now it is mid 60's after 30 minutes of Prime95.
I probably shouldn't wait 2.5 years between cleans next time
So I opened it up and popped off the fan and the heatsink was coated with a thick layer of dust. You could not even see the grill. I removed the dust and then removed the heatsink and reapplied some fresh thermal paste and it's 30c cooler. Now it is mid 60's after 30 minutes of Prime95.
I probably shouldn't wait 2.5 years between cleans next time