Yeh I thought so too. Although the last time I removed the heatsink and applied the cooling gel was a few years ago. <div class="gmail_quote">> 71C is still way too high, my system is currently creating backups of my 3 > websites, extracting the text from the backups, synthesising it into a wav > and converting it into ogg vorbis while playing music and browsing the web > and my CPU core temperature is 45C, and I have a stock fan! > > On 3 October 2010 12:28, Philip Stubbs <<a href="mailto:philip@stuphi.co.uk">philip@stuphi.co.uk</a>> wrote: > >> On 3 October 2010 12:12, javadayaz <<a href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com">javadayaz@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > CPU fan is working fine... >> > >> >> check the CPU fan, 71C is way to high >> >> >> >> Is the CPU heat sink clogged with dust? >> >> -- >> Philip Stubbs >> >> -- >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> >> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> >> </div>