Hows it going ! CPU Detertiation ?

[Boatiy]

Hey guys hows its going, long time youtube watcher here. ( we miss the old school intro [linus tech vox drop])

 

Anyways; I have an HP g62-455DX

 

About 3-4 years old, should I go through the trouble of installing new thermal paste ?

 

I installed a m500 SSD and that greatly improved performance,  but sometimes my CPU load stays extremely high powering fan, when normally my fan is quiet.

 

Heres my PC running what I beleive to be normal.

 

[MegaDave91]

Download RealTemp to see how your hot your CPU is getting.

[TetraSky]

If you're asking that if re-applying termal paste will reduce temps...

It might, but not by that much (unless they did a terrible job at the factory)

Be also aware that if HP decided to use thermal pads instead of paste for the cpu, you will need to get new pads, you can't apply paste instead, it won't make a proper contact.

I would sooner try to clean the air in-takes of the laptop and the fan of any dust/residue, before trying to change the thermal paste/pad. If that doesn't reduce your temps enough, then do see if you can change the thermal paste/pad.

[orangecat]

Reapplying the TIM will most likely reduce temps. i did this to my moms laptop that was always hitting 99c because the original TIM was so crappy placed on plus it was dried out and cracking but now it runs just fine even tho its still slow.

[Boatiy]

If you're asking that if re-applying termal paste will reduce temps...

It might, but not by that much (unless they did a terrible job at the factory)

Be also aware that if HP decided to use thermal pads instead of paste for the cpu, you will need to get new pads, you can't apply paste instead, it won't make a proper contact.

I would sooner try to clean the air in-takes of the laptop and the fan of any dust/residue, before trying to change the thermal paste/pad. If that doesn't reduce your temps enough, then do see if you can change the thermal paste/pad.

 

Yea i planned on doing so, Im certian there is paste on my cpu and ive seen the heat pads your talking about on some flash/ram chips im sure

Download RealTemp to see how your hot your CPU is getting.

It would have been smart to record temps on purchase day lol

Reapplying the TIM will most likely reduce temps. i did this to my moms laptop that was always hitting 99c because the original TIM was so crappy placed on plus it was dried out and cracking but now it runs just fine even tho its still slow.

Yea thanks i think ill do it.

[Scionyde]

Like somebody else mentioned, I'd check your fans for dust and clean them out with some compressed air. But if you've had the laptop for that long, it seems reasonable that the thermal paste could use replacing. Most of the time, that'll void warranties, but if you've had it for 3-4 years, I'm sure that's not a problem anymore.