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Acer 5542 overheats everytime

kevinspl

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Feb 27, 2012
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i have cleaned my cpy heatsink like 3 months ago but i overheats often when i play some games. are there any tips to stop the overgeating.
CPU TEMPS:
72C IDLE 😱
86C+ UNDER LOAD 😱 😱 😱 😱 😱 😱
MEASURED WITH EVEREST
 
you should take it apart and re apply thermal paste where the heatsinks touch cpu and gpu