Have you noticed a difference when you run or don't run certain programs? I had big overheating problems, which I finally solved by installing Flashblock on Firefox. It was a case of too many tabs plus flash not running well in Linux.
Before I discovered Flashblock, I took to stopping whatever applications were using the most CPU% according to my task manager, which was usually Firefox (in the task manager, right click -> stop, so I could easily restart again the same way). The temperature would drop very quickly. Chris On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 20:31, Ken Foskey <kfos...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 14:24 +1100, Mark Walkom wrote: > > Well the grease is needed as it facilitates a higher efficiency of heat > > transfer from the chip to the heatsink. > > > > Is this a laptop or a desktop PC? > > What are the CPU and GPU chips? > > Desktop. > > The CPU fan has been removed and replaced twice. Under load it jumps > from 30 to 40 and with a hot ambient (no aircon at all) climbs to 80 and > stops. Right now sitting on 29 and 26. > > The Nvidia card has a lot of cowling around the fans so I wonder how > clogged it will be. Previously I had carpet and was in Campsie which > was bad for dust. > > In summary: > > - I will try and clean the heatsink on the Nvidia without removing it > and no worry too much. > > - I will clean off grey goo on CPU and replace it with a thermal paste. > > Thanks > Ken > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Chris Watkins Appropedia.org - Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. blogs.appropedia.org community.livejournal.com/appropedia identi.ca/appropedia twitter.com/appropedia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
