Recent content by CritCat

I wish I could blame it on the summer, but I haven't had this issue with previous summers. My computer does tend to be the reason the office is the warmest room in the house, though, which really says something. My dad did show me other articles and threads that pretty much said after years of...

Well, I set it to Eco Mode after having blown out the radiator, and now it seems to be staying under 70 (peaked at 69.5), but I haven't pushed it yet so we'll see how it does in an hour, and then after running a few programs. I think I'm going to keep a close eye on it, since prior to this it...

Alright, I've blown out the radiator with canned air, and it seems to have slowed the rise in temp, but it's still getting up to the 70's at the very least. My dad suggested reseating the heatsink, so once it's cooled down I'm going to do that next, just to see if somehow it got loose. And of...

My ex-husband has one, so if I can't find some canned air I'll definitely borrow his.

I don't, but as I recall they aren't that expensive. I can look one up and give it a try.

I've had this computer for about 8 years now, I think (not certain on that). CPU: AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Processor (Black Box) RAM: 8 GB 1600 MHz Motherboard: MSI (don't remember which) running BIOS E7693AMS V2.6 Graphics Card: Nvidia GT-750Ti I've tested the liquid cooling system and all...