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Recent content by thanatoz

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    Solved PC is overheating

    Thank the Amazon gods. I did use a static wristband. I used Arctic MX-4 compound (available on my area for quick delivery and the reviews were good). Your instructions were great, thank you! Specially the intel push pins page, which was fundamental in getting this done. I would mark as solved...
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    Solved PC is overheating

    I would like that certificate please! I hope I'm not jinxing it but I believe it worked. I had a little bit of trouble when applying the paste, a bit of a mess but I cleaned it up, closed it back up and now temps are back to normal when watching youtube: A couple of pics attached showing the...
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    Solved PC is overheating

    I'm not at all experienced in computer repairing, but I'm willing to give it a try, I've been watching some videos and they don't make it out to be too hard. But I am worried I will screw something up and make it into a bigger problem.
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    Solved PC is overheating

    Here's the requested screenshot, yes I have checked the cpu fan, and the two other fans for dust. In fact I replaced one of them for a brand new one just yesterday, and the other one is clean (and it's also recent, had it installed in 2019). Weirdly enough, the fan that wasn't working had...
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    Solved PC is overheating

    Here are the Speedfan and HWMonitor readings:
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    Solved PC is overheating

    Dang, I thought I had attached the speccy snapshot, but here it's now published: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/n2xPcLxaSjKBlmzLcBGXFOE As for my power supply, I'm not sure which one it is but I kept my manual:
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    Solved PC is overheating

    Hey all, I have an 8 year old PC that recently (just this week) started wildly overheating. I use it exclusively for work (I'm a teacher), prepare notes, do classroom, zoom, play youtube videos, play music while I work, nothing too intense, I think, and I have not changed these habits. Lately...