Seeking advice about my CF-19 mrk2

I bought this computer new in 2008 and it has been rock solid until now. I am having a heating issue that is causing the computer to slow to a crawl. CPU temps are 65-68 celcius after a couple hours use. And CPU use is going between 50-100 percent. I am guessing the CPU useage is related to heat issues as I don't tax the computer heavily- no gaming etc, just regular word processing and website use.

I upgraded this unit 2 years ago with a Samsung SSD 840 HD and Windows 7. I am very happy with the performance until the heat issue started a couple months ago. I am certain the heat is a problem as I can put the computer on an ice pack and it speeds back up after a couple minutes.
Would replacing the heat pads on the CPU's fix the issue I am having? The unit has 29,000 hours on it.
Is there a life expectancy for these? Would I be better off getting a newer unit?
Any advice is appreciated.

 

Hmm.
You could try the recovery disk to restore the drive and remove the chance of any "bad" programs causing issues.
I doubt that is the issue.
After 29,000 hours the thermal pads are probably the problem. On a CF19 replacing the pads is quite a job. The motherboard needs to be completely removed. 2 hours minimum. Probably more if you have never done it.

It would be a great time to upgrade. I do have a CF19 mk4 that I want to sell. It is a dual touch and i5 cpu. Start a private conversation if you are interested.

 

Try another/fresh OS.

and vice versa also. Maybe it's just a bad process or virus.

 

As Shawn said the thermal pads may need to be looked at for it's age. Also I see you are running windows 7. A lot of these newer updates have made the computer spike some and with it running near full speed all the time it is going to heat up. First find what process or processes are doing the high speed running so you can figure out if a update or something else may need to be deleted.

 

something easy to try/look at ...
control panel - power options -
under "select a power plan" click on "change plan settings" of the selected power plan .
click on "change plan settings" .
click on (expand the drop down) of "processor power management" .
select/expand "minimum processor state" ... make certain that it is set to "5%" .
select/expand "maximim processor state" ... make certain that it is set to "100%" .

click apply and then close .

there have been some instances of the minimum processor state being set to "100%" because of *some* reason .
this is the equivalent of mashing the accelerator in a car to the floorboard all the time .