Hi, so my CPU and GPU in my laptop have been overheating easily. I had to uninstall my graphics driver because my computer would shut down shortly after starting it up and logging on. I downloaded speedfan and saw that my temps go up 60-70c just from watching Netflix and Youtube.
This started happening after I applied thermal compound. I had done it many times before with no problems, but this time I switched from Arctic Silver 5 to Ceramique so I was wondering if Ceramique was the wrong thing to use. Along with this, the screws holding down the heatsink were stripped so I swapped them out, but the original ones had springs attached to them and the ones I used now do not because I didn't know where to find ones with springs. Would the lack of springs have something to do with the heatsink being held down poorly?
Lastly, I know my computer is old and the parts could just be failing, but it happened so suddenly after these changes that I was wondering maybe I just did something wrong. If I could fix it that would be great, if not I'm hoping I can afford to get a desktop in the next couple of months or so.
This started happening after I applied thermal compound. I had done it many times before with no problems, but this time I switched from Arctic Silver 5 to Ceramique so I was wondering if Ceramique was the wrong thing to use. Along with this, the screws holding down the heatsink were stripped so I swapped them out, but the original ones had springs attached to them and the ones I used now do not because I didn't know where to find ones with springs. Would the lack of springs have something to do with the heatsink being held down poorly?
Lastly, I know my computer is old and the parts could just be failing, but it happened so suddenly after these changes that I was wondering maybe I just did something wrong. If I could fix it that would be great, if not I'm hoping I can afford to get a desktop in the next couple of months or so.
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