Posts by kenneyy88

Ik8GUI, I have it set to high at 63C.    So, I decided to chisel off the grey stuff on the heatsink to see more of the copper and make it fit better for my cpu. The new cpu has a lot more surface area than the old one. My...

I think I see the problem? This processor faces a different direction than the old cpu. Under the heatsink, where it fits the cpu, it is a rectangle but it faces a different way than my new t7600. Do I have to get a new heatsink? Where...

is it possible that my gpu isn't working and cpu is doing all the graphics? Or does my gpu have to be working since I can play videos, games etc.. The temp of my gpu doesn't seem to change that much. Its always around 53C, 54,52.

    ok, I've redone the thermal paste on both cards.  The cpu temps still seem kind of high. I'll check again after the recommended arctic silver break in time. But currently idle temp for the cpu is around 50c, and...

So, I installed both gpu and cpu. I'll have to go back in to redo the thermal paste. I forgot to clean the top of where the top of the cpu chip touches. And I didn't put anything on the graphics card. I'm not sure where to put the...

I'm going to hold off on the graphics card upgrade for now. Can't really find an affordable card on ebay.  I got my hard drive and cpu is coming in. Do I have to get the 130 W power supply as recommended in threads? Is it only...

ok i thought my drivers were updated, but I updated them all now. Going to test the connection later.    I prefer one partition as well. But this laptop came partitioned as one c drive and the other was named recovery...

Hi, I'm currently upgrading my laptop of a few years old now. Already upgraded my Ram.    1. Wireless card- whats a good wireless card to upgrade to?  The one I have is not that good connection-wise for gaming as...