Computer Overheating

[kgzak]

Originally Posted by kgzak

I'll try this and see if it helps.

It has cooled it down by quite a bit.

Originally Posted by svenw

You can also try reapplying the thermal compound. Apple does a terrible job ad pretty much just lathers the heatsink with some cheap paste. My macbook was running hot so i cleaned up the inside and reapplied the thermal paste, I see about 10 degrees cooler temperatures. It still runs warm around 64 degrees Celsius browsing internet, using excel, and listening to music, and around 75 doing anything involving flash.

I run a lot more than that at a time, which could be the cause of my overheating problem, I would reapply it if I had time, but right now I don't. Thanks for the info though. I think I need to get something to get more air to my computer. Right now it is sitting on a wooden desk surrounded but another computer to one side and a monitor to the other.