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the fan was indeed going out (cpu side) and you do need thermal paste to remove the gpu/cpu heatsink assembly, and reseat after services fans if you need to take them out. In this case, i finally replaced the CPU fan, and all is well again.

Step 4, the information you seek is no longer across the top of the dashboard. You must click settings on the LEFT side of your dashboard, and then you can select stream key https://www.twitch.tv/thewookieway/dashboard/settings

well, with "comfort" setting, it changes between high performance and balanced profiles as needed, and temps are in the mid 80s now under same high load, and about 38c at idle. It must have been throttling because my framerates in PUBG (just in menu) because at lower settings, i am now getting...

My desktop sucks, so my gaming laptop is used for gaming and streaming anything demanding. 6th gen Core i7 6700hq, 8gig ddr4, terabyte HDD, GTX 960M 2g, used heavily for at least 9 months or more in dirty environment (cat hair everywhere!), but it's elevated and on a cooling stand, plenty of...