So my laptop is pretty old and has recently been overheating on pretty much every game. I know all the common issues being thermal paste/fans not working/dust buildup.
I clear it of dust buildup regularly, it's like new in that regard. I replaced the main fan not too long ago and it's working fine. I've cleaned out the old thermal paste and reapplied arctic silver properly and cleanly. I don't see why it should be overheating.
The confusing thing is, I keep an eye on the temperatures and the hottest anything gets is the GPU at 60-65c, usually around 45-50c.
Yet the laptop still just shuts off instantly as if it were overheating during any games or similarly intensive programs.
I don't have the money to replace it unfortunately, am I out of luck and the gpu simply done for?
Specs:
I understand these specs are considerably less than stellar but it's been enough to run most things I've been running on low or medium or whatever is needed to work, currently I can't run anything from the past ten years.
Any help is appreciated!
I clear it of dust buildup regularly, it's like new in that regard. I replaced the main fan not too long ago and it's working fine. I've cleaned out the old thermal paste and reapplied arctic silver properly and cleanly. I don't see why it should be overheating.
The confusing thing is, I keep an eye on the temperatures and the hottest anything gets is the GPU at 60-65c, usually around 45-50c.
Yet the laptop still just shuts off instantly as if it were overheating during any games or similarly intensive programs.
I don't have the money to replace it unfortunately, am I out of luck and the gpu simply done for?
Specs:
HP HDX 18 Notebook
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @2.26GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
3GB of RAM
Windows 7 x64
I understand these specs are considerably less than stellar but it's been enough to run most things I've been running on low or medium or whatever is needed to work, currently I can't run anything from the past ten years.
Any help is appreciated!
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