Question CPU Overheating even after re-pasting

Niva_v_kopirce

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Hi, recently I brought home my old MSI GX60, i gave my sister. Lately it had some issues, restarting, freezing etc. I decided to reinstall old OS, but i had really hard times, it was not properly working.
Anyway, when I finally get some OS working there, I checked components temps and they were waaay too high. So I re-pasted GPU and CPU. However, CPU still runs high temps and shuts down at reaching 100°C. So i though maybe I didnt put there enough paste, but after re-pasting it again, nothing changed... Here ends my knowledge, what could cause this overheating?
Is it possible that CPU is already damaged, or maybe old heatsink? (Notebook bought 6-7 years ago), already changed GPU and display. Or may the paste be old? I am using older Arctic MX-4 (few years old), but it works properly on GPU.
 
Hi, recently I brought home my old MSI GX60, i gave my sister. Lately it had some issues, restarting, freezing etc. I decided to reinstall old OS, but i had really hard times, it was not properly working.
Anyway, when I finally get some OS working there, I checked components temps and they were waaay too high. So I re-pasted GPU and CPU. However, CPU still runs high temps and shuts down at reaching 100°C. So i though maybe I didnt put there enough paste, but after re-pasting it again, nothing changed... Here ends my knowledge, what could cause this overheating?
Is it possible that CPU is already damaged, or maybe old heatsink? (Notebook bought 6-7 years ago), already changed GPU and display. Or may the paste be old? I am using older Arctic MX-4 (few years old), but it works properly on GPU.
she may have been using it on blankets and things of that nature in turn over time constantly overheating over time and perma fried it laptop cpu's over heat easily due to there not like a pc where the fan is mounted to the heat-sink mounted to the cpu if it has a fan
 

Niva_v_kopirce

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It almost sounds like the heatpipe cooler isn't making good contact on the CPU, or that the heatpipe/cooling solution is damaged.

After second re pasting I checked, and it had contact on the CPU, at least i felt the paste resistance when slightly moving the heatsink to the sides. Also, when I unmounted the heatsink for the first time, there was almost no paste!
And if you mean the copper pipes on the heatsink, they don't neccessarily have to contain any solution, and it should be able to cool the CPU even then, shouldn't it?
So what is bigger probabilty, damaged CPU or the heatsink?
 
After second re pasting I checked, and it had contact on the CPU, at least i felt the paste resistance when slightly moving the heatsink to the sides. Also, when I unmounted the heatsink for the first time, there was almost no paste!
And if you mean the copper pipes on the heatsink, they don't neccessarily have to contain any solution, and it should be able to cool the CPU even then, shouldn't it?
So what is bigger probabilty, damaged CPU or the heatsink?
i think it could be both but i leaning more towards cpu generally you are right doesn't matter if there is solution in the copper they still transfer heat