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[RightOne]

Hi guys,

I just finished re applying thermal paste to my brother's HP G56-100SA laptop, because it's CPU idled at 60 deg C. I used Arctic MX-2, which is decent stuff, but the laptop now idles at 45 deg C, which is still quite high.

The original thermal paste was nearly non-existent, which explains the drop of 15 deg c. The laptop already has seriously bad cooling, so it may just be that.

I have checked and there are no programs that are CPU hogging, it stays around 2-3 percent load just at home screen due to the single core and single thread.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[hugobosslives]

45 is really not that high for a laptop. especially in summer.

mine has always idled at just under 50. and I open it up and clean it up every 6 months or so.

good laptop cpus are designed to work with the 50-95C range. you can't directly compare to desktops

 

[MagicBoy]

It's a laptop, not a gaming rig with a 150mm tall tower cooler on it. 45C is a good result.