I have a Compaq Presario CQ57 with a I3 M 370
im using it as a plex server as its a spare laptop i never use
It has always ran hot but it recently got the the point where within 5 mins of booting it got to 90c then shut down
i took it apart to clean dust new thermal paste ect and it didnt help
i now have the compounds spread out not in casing as show in this image below
View: https://i.imgur.com/bFTgUEN.jpg
it now has new thermal paste a massive heat sink from a Pentium 4 PC (notoriously hot cpu that needed a big heat-sink)
it should easily be able to cope with the normal load of a 2011 laptop cpu running just plex
nope it still heats up to 90c
any suggestions?
the only idea i have left is replacing the CPU as it might be damaged in someway? because when i used to use it for long periods of time it was always running very hot and loud
im using it as a plex server as its a spare laptop i never use
It has always ran hot but it recently got the the point where within 5 mins of booting it got to 90c then shut down
i took it apart to clean dust new thermal paste ect and it didnt help
i now have the compounds spread out not in casing as show in this image below
View: https://i.imgur.com/bFTgUEN.jpg
it now has new thermal paste a massive heat sink from a Pentium 4 PC (notoriously hot cpu that needed a big heat-sink)
it should easily be able to cope with the normal load of a 2011 laptop cpu running just plex
nope it still heats up to 90c
any suggestions?
the only idea i have left is replacing the CPU as it might be damaged in someway? because when i used to use it for long periods of time it was always running very hot and loud