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40hz:
One giveaway for overheating issues is spontaneous rebooting. Also lockups or chkdsk/bad sector warnings on bootup. If the problem is thermal and it's occurring on boot, odds are pretty good theres already damage to a component or components so it may be too late for a cleaning to help.

Vurbal:
One giveaway for overheating issues is spontaneous rebooting. Also lockups or chkdsk/bad sector warnings on bootup. If the problem is thermal and it's occurring on boot, odds are pretty good theres already damage to a component or components so it may be too late for a cleaning to help.
-40hz (October 01, 2013, 03:37 PM)
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Maybe there's damage and maybe not. It's primarily going to depend on how well the thermal shutdown mechanism has worked and how many times it's happened. Chances are it would have reduced the lifespan of the CPU, but in my experience most of the time when overheating is causing crashes the CPU is still entirely functional and will still work fine once you solve the heat problem.

Even if it's not, if you suspect that's the problem but aren't sure it's a good way to check. If there's damage it won't fix the problem obviously, but if it does fix the problem you don't need to keep looking. Of course if it doesn't and you still suspect overheating the next step should be to start using a temp monitor.

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