T60 overheating...what to do?

[uncle fani]

My T60 has always had an issue with overheating. I never really monitored the temps but it's frozen up on me many many times so this sucker gets pretty hot. I'm currently using win7 with 1gb of RAM and I'd like to upgrade to 2gb. I'm somewhat concerned this memory upgrade will make a bad situation worse. About a week ago I opened up the laptop for the first time and expected to see a lot of dust build up (thought it might be the culprit of all the overheating) and there wasn't any significant amount. I only removed the keyboard and palm rest. Maybe I was supposed to dig deeper? I'm not sure. What do you guys think? What else can I do to make this baby run smooth?

[Harryc]

Did you blow the fan cavity out with canned air? Hold the fan blades still while doing this or else you may damage the fan motor. What are your temps at full CPU load? Use tpfancontrol to see temps (both CPU and GPU) and post them here.
http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html

[uncle fani]

No I didn't use canned air. Honestly, it didn't look that bad at all. But maybe I should do it anyway? Do I have to do anything other than removing the palm rest and keyboard to get to the fan cavity?

I'll download tpfancontrol and you keep you posted. Thanks.

[Harryc]

Do I have to do anything other than removing the palm rest and keyboard to get to the fan cavity?

No, that is it. Just don't let the fan blades spin. Make sure to blow air out towards the vent to get any dust there as well.

[uncle fani]

What are your temps at full CPU load?l

How do I test it at full load?

[Harryc]

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-ti ... lburntest/
http://www.ultimate-filez.com/files/IntelBurnTest.zip

[uncle fani]

[Harryc]

OK, 97*C is WAY too hot for that machine to run under load. Did you clean the fan with canned air yet? Do a forum search for 'arctic silver' and get some. Remove the fan and apply it. You'll need the maintenance manual for fan removal procedures.

[agarza]

You need to clean the fan and heatsink.

[uncle fani]

well, i know it's been over a year but i finally got around to applying some arctic silver haha. first i cleaned and vacuumed the inside then put AS to the cpu and gpu. the cpu is running at 74°C at maximum load now, a great improvement from my previous 97°C. Thanks for all your help peoples.

[misfit]

well, i know it's been over a year but i finally got around to applying some arctic silver haha. first i cleaned and vacuumed the inside then put AS to the cpu and gpu. the cpu is running at 74°C at maximum load now, a great improvement from my previous 97°C. Thanks for all your help peoples.

Hi there, I'm curious, did you only just now get around to applying the Arctic Silver or did you only just now get around to posting about it?

I'm asking as I'd like to know if a T60 would run that hot, for that long!

[uncle fani]

haha yeah believe it or not i just haven't gotten around to it until just now. i guess you can say i played with fire and took a big risk waiting so long but it's worked out so far. my t60 can take a beating no doubt!

[ThinkRob]

74C is still a little warm IMO, but it's certainly not dangerous like your previous temp.!

AS5 is good stuff, and one of my first steps when refurbishing a ThinkPad is to strip out the old thermal paste and replace it with a very thin layer of AS5. After cooking, it almost always produces a drop of at least a couple degrees celsius.