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Old Sep 24, 2012, 04:25 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by mihajloWR View Post
No,there was small amount of thermal paste on athlon, but I doubt that would cause that high temperature,or?
That is probably the main cause of your heat problems. I would stop using this machine until you have cleaned both the CPU and Heatsink and reapplied thermal paste. Old thermal paste drys up over time and will not work if reused.
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