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From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: diagonising a overheating problem
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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 02:05:27PM +0200, rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
> 
> There is something special about laptops, which distincts them from desktop and server hardware.
> Requirement for cooling maintaince!
> 
> > hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 94.0C
> 
> This pretty much says it all.
> Fix starts when you turn OFF your laptop and disassemble it, in order to get to the heatsink and fan.
> Don't remove heatsink as it is tied to CPU and you don't have thermal paste.

I just did this on compaq 6715s laptop.
I had to remove the heatsink for cleaning.
I replaced the thermal paste. You can get
it for under 5 GBP.

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Anton Shterenlikht
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