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    AT&T to Make Millions Thanks to New 'Administrative Fee'

    This is a few reasons beside expensive plans that I went prepaid and never look back. I bought my phone used and unlocked them. These guy are getting greedier and greedier every year.
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    Man Captures 1000-foot Fall with GoPro Helmet Cam

    I'm glad he's ok but I hate to see his hospital bill.
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    Rumor: PlayStation 4 Will Cost More Than $400 This Year

    Anyone knows if the PS4 is backward compatible with the PS3 games? I have a feeling that it doesn't because Sony is using an AMD processor
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    Google: So Where Should Google Fiber Go Next?

    Tampa, FL
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    I guess the applying thermal paste using your finger doesn't work well with laptop GPU/cpu/southbridge chip. I'm out of town right now and give it a try when I get back.
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    That's is an interesting because all of the PCs that I've built in the past I spread the thermal paste using my fingers but never would have thought about causing air bubbles. I'll give it a try and see if it still overheating
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    that's is interesting idea, I never thought of it. I'll give it a try
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    Yes I can feel the hot air being blow out to the point of burning sensation if you leave your finger there for too long. As for the bios, the bios is pretty stripped out and wont display temperature.
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    What do you mean not reinstall correctly? because after reapplying thermal paste to the cpu, gpu and southbridge chip I screwed it in tightly and make sure there isn't any movement at all.
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    Yes I've cleaned out the copper fins and the fan does works and blows strong. During idle, the fan spins at highest speed but the temp is around 140F. I wonder if the copper heat pipe is bad. The laptop is Everex XT5300T - an off brand that I bought it from Newegg. It works great for about a...
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    I didn't put on too much and spread it out evenly. The size is slightly smaller then a water droplet
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    Solved! Persistent overheating after applying new thermal paste

    My laptop has a persistent overheating problem even after applying fresh thermal paste to the CPU, GPU, and the southbridge. The thermal paste that I use is Artic Silver 5 but the laptop's temperature is always around 140F during idle and around 160-180F when watching videos then shut down...
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    LulzSec Disbands After 50 Days of Hacking

    For a bunch of hackers these guy are pretty poetic.
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    WinZip Now Offering System Utilities Suite

    no thank. I got my CCleaner for that.
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    Obama's Plans for Mobile Broadband for Everyone

    Sound great and all but i'm more concern about net neutrality. No point of having fast connection if you have trotting everywhere.
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