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Do I need a thermal paste change?

GirlFromYonder
By GirlFromYonder
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MY laptop is 5 years old hp 4530s and while under normal usage, word excel powerpoint and an ass ton of tabs, my laptop is thermal throttling. 

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2 minutes ago, DeezNoNos said:

MY laptop is 5 years old hp 4530s and while under normal usage, word excel powerpoint and an ass ton of tabs, my laptop is thermal throttling. 

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Only way to tell is to open up your laptop. If the paste is dry remove and reapply.

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Clean out the dust first so see if that's enough. Re-doing the thermal paste won't hurt, but might not be needed either. In any case, cleaning the fins of the heatsink and the fan is way faster than re-doing the TIM. 

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2 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

Clean out the dust first so see if that's enough. Re-doing the thermal paste won't hurt, but might not be needed either. In any case, cleaning the fins of the heatsink and the fan is way faster than re-doing the TIM. 

fins are clean

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Dust cleaning helps a lot, also yes, you should, it's probably a cement right now..

I need S340. But more Define S'ish

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