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Old 02-06-2008, 09:35 AM   #12 (permalink)
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he will not know how to apply the thermal paste so it is best not to suggest things that might irreparably kill his computer.

best bet? buy a five dollar fan from newegg.com to stick into the back of your computer to suck out air, and get every bit of dirt out of that fan on your motherboard.

the thing is, when the dust builds up the air cannot contact the metal heatsink to whisk the heat away from your cpu, which causes intense overheating and can kill your computer fast quick and in a hurry
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