Dirty
Dust all over the heat sink & fan
Heatsink
Low Quality Thermal Compound from Factory
Arctic Silver 5
Applying New Thermal Compound (Arctic Silver 5) on CPU
Cleanup
Removed dust and debris from system / All Clean Now
Laptop Disassembled
Unless we open it up, we can't tell what's wrong inside! Isn't it?
When your laptop computer runs very slow, heat might be one of the problems. Modern processors have temperature sensors that down-clock the processing speed if the processor becomes too hot. If your computer is running extremely hot, and you can feel it, that is because of dust buildup on fans and vents, and low quality, dried out thermal compound on the processor. These issues combine to cause the computer to run slow, or can even cause random shut downs.
What we do to fix it:
- Disassemble the laptop
- Remove old, dried thermal compound from CPU
- Remove dust and debris from system and fans
- Apply new high quality thermal compound on CPU
- Overnight Performance Testing to verify stability
Do you have an overheating problem?
Please call us at A Plus Computer Tech and our free diagnostic will be able to determine the cause of your computer slowness issue.
About Darren
I am a hopeless PC game addict, computer technician and web designer living in Seattle. I write computer program and love snowboarding. I also started a company called A Plus Computer Tech, where we provide computer service & repair in a unique professional way.
