R61i Overheating

[Richard B]

Hi, I have an R61i Type 7650-A6G with a T2330 CPU and 3 gig of memory.

The CPU is hitting a 100% and then overheating at 90+ degrees and hibenating. I have just changed the noisy fan for one from eBay, although when I removed it I discovered that the aluminium grills were clogged up.

Could someone please advise me?

Should I give up and get something newer, is there a faster (cooler running) CPU I can upgrade to. Should I get another (different/better) fan & heatsink.

[RealBlackStuff]

Welcome to the forum.
# 1: remove and clean the dust-bunnies from the fan of that CPU
# 2: remove and replace the old thermal paste with fresh AS5
# 3: check the result and report back.

[Richard B]

Did that cleaned it used Artic Silver, unfortunately the problem is still happening; This is from Real Temp

DATE TIME MHz CPU_0 CPU_1 LOAD%
06/14/15 00:01:15 1396.50 91 91 81.0
06/14/15 00:01:20 1236.90 92 92 100.0
06/14/15 00:01:25 1356.60 92 92 100.0
06/14/15 00:01:40 1117.20 80 80 100.0
06/14/15 00:01:50 1064.00 76 76 100.0
06/14/15 00:01:55 1064.00 76 76 100.0
06/14/15 00:02:00 1064.00 76 76 100.0

Still closing down when hot.

The throttling software ran it at 798 mhz for a while, slow but no lockups.

[ajkula66]

I'd love to know which process(es) are to blame for 100% CPU usage...