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newbe · 06-01-2009, 05:10 PM

So recently I've been having problems with my PC overheating and shutting down and I have traced the issue down to my heat sink being clogged with dust. I'm thinking of opening my PC and giving everything a clean and removing any dust that is...

So recently I've been having problems with my PC overheating and shutting down and I have traced the issue down to my heat sink being clogged with dust. I'm thinking of opening my PC and giving everything a clean and removing any dust that is present but I have never done this before and I'm apprehensive of doing so in case I break something.

Could anyone give me some tips on how to clean a CPU Heat sink without damaging anything? I sort of know the basics of the insides of a computer and have added/replaced heat sinks to old, crappy computers in the past but never have done so on my own system and I'm not to keen on breaking a £1000 piece of hardware.

Any tips would be great.

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Hardware & Networking Thread, Tips on Cleaning My PC in Software & Hardware , Games; So recently I've been having problems with my PC overheating and shutting down and I have traced the issue down ... Short Link: http://forum.egypt.com/enforum/showthread.php?t=13173