It can get right up to 101 degrees C when watching video. Right now its on 77 just surfing the net.
CPU is reading normal.
Fan isnt working hard but it is working.
So, my plan of action is to strip it down and clean the fan, however I believe HP laptops suffer from thermal paste failure that can cause them to run hot. Every HP lap top I have ever owned has suffered from this over heating problem.
Now I believe that all I need to do is replace the paste however I have also seen little copper spacers in there as well, I would like to have all the bits here when I strip it down so can anyone tell me if my laptop uses a spacer under the heatsink or not?
As you can see I'm no computer Guru.
My laptop is a Compaq CQ60-430SA
According to this I need thermal pads, but I have no idea of size or even a part number, it is on page 84.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02985882.pdf
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