heating issue

[Kamranbites]

i have lenovo x280 

temps go up to 90c when opening apps or seeing videos on youtube 

 

when idle temps are 55c 

 

attaching pics of temp details

[DoctorNick]

4 minutes ago, Kamranbites said:

i have lenovo x280 

temps go up to 90c when opening apps or seeing videos on youtube 

 

when idle temps are 55c 

 

attaching pics of temp details

 

Its a fairly old laptop. Change the thermal paste. Keep in mind that these run hot either way. But 55c idle is a little high

[Kamranbites]

1 hour ago, DoctorNick said:

Its a fairly old laptop. Change the thermal paste. Keep in mind that these run hot either way. But 55c idle is a little high

Like 4 months back changed it 

Should I change it again 

I think 4 months is not too long 

[DoctorNick]

1 hour ago, Kamranbites said:

Like 4 months back changed it 

Should I change it again 

I think 4 months is not too long 

Nope but are you sure you did a good job and tightened the screws enough?

[Kamranbites]

2 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

Nope but are you sure you did a good job and tightened the screws enough?

yaah they are tight no gap between heatsink and processor 

[DoctorNick]

5 hours ago, Kamranbites said:

yaah they are tight no gap between heatsink and processor 

you might wanna try again anyways

[Kamranbites]

5 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

you might wanna try again anyways

Will try it once more 

So what if same thing continues?

[DoctorNick]

3 hours ago, Kamranbites said:

Will try it once more 

So what if same thing continues?

You have to find out what is normal temperature before you can come to any logical conclusions. ThinkPads do run hot. 

[Kamranbites]

30 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

You have to find out what is normal temperature before you can come to any logical conclusions. ThinkPads do run hot. 

Looked online 

Idle temp should be between 35-45c

 

Games or intensive application.55-65

 

But my case idle is high,

 if running games or intensive application it is near 80-90

[DoctorNick]

3 hours ago, Kamranbites said:

Looked online 

Idle temp should be between 35-45c

 

Games or intensive application.55-65

 

But my case idle is high,

 if running games or intensive application it is near 80-90

That seem unrealistic from my experience. Also what games can you really play on a x280? My T14 gen 1 for example runs up to 95C while running fairly light loads. Its an office PC.

This thread shows the same thing: 

 

[Kamranbites]

21 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

That seem unrealistic from my experience. Also what games can you really play on a x280? My T14 gen 1 for example runs up to 95C while running fairly light loads. Its an office PC.

This thread shows the same thing: 

 

So well just replace thermal paste and tight up the heatsink 

That's the only thing we can do right?

 

Apart for that tired to reinstall windows 11

Still same temps