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Originally Posted by Ara T.
Thats the thermal compound... go get some more now 
Theres really no maintenance involved with your CPU, just keep the heatsink free of dust and stuff. I've seen some so bad that the CPU would overheat, which means the system would reboot so the CPU wouldn't fry. Cleared out the dust and it stopped doing that. |
I bought a used Dell Laptop that would shut down randomly for cheap. When I got it home and took it apart, I found the CPU heatsink was totally clogged with fuzz (the previous owner had several cats). It's been on almost continuously for a year now without any shutdowns.