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Is the cpu heat sink supposed to be very hot?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by bluejet, Jan 5, 2008.

  1. bluejet

    bluejet Regular member

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    I have a dell xps gen 3 desktop and the green case that holds the fans broke off. I tried mounting them, ut dont think i'm doing it right. When I check the cpu heat sink, the top of it is extremely hot. Is it supposed to be like that? any suggestions on what I should do?
     
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    Waymon3X6 Regular member

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    Wait, so how did you remount it? Did the HSF completely fall off?

    Download a program like speedfan and tell us your CPU temp. It should be under 40C idle.
     
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