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    If my temps are higher than when I bought the laptop...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by tiner, Oct 9, 2013.

  1. tiner

    tiner Notebook Evangelist

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    What should I do?

    Should I clean the fan or replace thermal paste? Is it dangerous? My laptop is almost two years old.

    Thanks!
     
    tiner, Oct 9, 2013
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  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes definitely clean and replace the thermal paste but what you really need to do is dissemble the laptop and detail clean the cooling fan as that is most likely where the dust built up is at and also clean the cooling fins as the dust gets blow there by the fan and those two hardware require through cleaning to reduce the temperature. If you haven't clean it in two years then this should be the time to do the cleaning otherwise you will ruin the laptop dust/heat is the enemies of laptop and worse if you don't clean those two hardware you will shorten the laptop life. So don't think just replacing the thermal paste is the only thing you must do if the air flow is restricted your laptop will start its own shutdown to protect itself regardless of what you may or may not be doing on the laptop when it shuts down.
     
    StormJumper, Oct 10, 2013
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