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Recent content by WigsXL

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    Solved High CPU usage and temperature after cleaning

    The thermal paste replacement worked! Thank you everyone for the help
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    Solved High CPU usage and temperature after cleaning

    I'm waiting to pay somebody to do it for me as I don't trust myself to apply it properly, I'll give an update when it's done. Thanks to everyone who's posted for the help
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    Solved High CPU usage and temperature after cleaning

    I had a look at the motherboard to make sure there weren't any cracks, reseated the RAM, made sure all the connectors weren't loose and took some not great pictures of the CPU cooler. I don't know the model but the brand is Xigmatek. I'm now thinking that the solution is probably replacing the...
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    Solved High CPU usage and temperature after cleaning

    The screws I'm talking about are about as thick as my finger but half as long and they're in between the CPU and the motherboard. I only tightened them by hand and I didn't have to fiddle with anything else to reach them.
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    Solved High CPU usage and temperature after cleaning

    Thanks for the responses, I didn't do anything to the heat sink while I was cleaning honestly I wouldn't even be sure how to access it. I cleaned using a vacuum and cotton ear buds to get heavy dust off the fans, which I now see might not have been a good idea. Is it possible the cleaning...
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    Solved High CPU usage and temperature after cleaning

    My CPU usage is unusually high since I cleared all the dust out from my case (there was a lot). Just opening any web page consistently shoots it up to between 25-45% and while this happens the fan gets much louder, louder than it used to go even when running intensive games. Also the fan becomes...