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02/22/10 19:39
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 		 #173438 - thermal grease
Responding to: ???'s previous message
if your heatsink has thermal grease between it and the CPU, you may want to check that it's not patchy and degraded.

i recently fixed my HP desktop's fan noise by cleaning the fans and heatsink and adding new thermal grease between the CPU and heatsink.

the PC was probably around 4 or 5 years old. the grease was shrunken into little pieces. although considering that it's an HP, maybe it was that way when they applied it (i noted when replacing my fan that, out of an entire rack of fans at Fry's, the original HP fan matched the cheapest fan on the rack, manuf. and model).


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      It does have warning on pc            01/01/70 00:00      
   Read this            01/01/70 00:00      
      Laptops overheating            01/01/70 00:00      
         This can't be good            01/01/70 00:00      
      Ac adapter problem maybe            01/01/70 00:00      
         Air jet is preventive maintenance            01/01/70 00:00      
            Does this sound normal for a battery            01/01/70 00:00      
               How old is the battery?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Battery is 6 years old            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Now this is really very strange            01/01/70 00:00      
                     The battery is dead - the numbers are meaningless            01/01/70 00:00      
                        That's what scares me ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           40...60% charge is optimum...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Li Ion batteries age even on the shelf            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Now learning more then            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Cars            01/01/70 00:00      
   thermal grease            01/01/70 00:00      
      Here"s what I did next            01/01/70 00:00      
         ibid            01/01/70 00:00      
         lithium-ion batteries            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maybe some knowns how these Batteries            01/01/70 00:00      
         It's dead            01/01/70 00:00      
            I will do a battery test which should fail            01/01/70 00:00      
               dead battery            01/01/70 00:00      
            Battery replaced so this is what            01/01/70 00:00      
         You're drawing too much power            01/01/70 00:00      
   Maybe this will help find the problem            01/01/70 00:00      
      Since Andy said replace battery            01/01/70 00:00      
         Nothing has promoted the use of Linux more than Vista has.            01/01/70 00:00      

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