Well the grease is needed as it facilitates a higher efficiency of heat transfer from the chip to the heatsink.
Is this a laptop or a desktop PC? What are the CPU and GPU chips? On 31 January 2010 20:32, Ken Foskey <[email protected]> wrote: > My computer crashed today and I have finally > > apt-get install sensors-applet > > I found out that my temperature is exceeding 80 on both CPUs under load > and is always sitting at 76 for the GPU > > I have pulled off and cleaned the fan for the CPU but I have not done > anything about the grease. Will this make a lot of difference? > > Thanks > Ken > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
