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Agreed with Spyder. The paste on the CPU has likely dried out over time, resulting in crazy hot temperatures. I'd recommend using these to remove the paste...

Yes. My laptop suddenly (and without any indication of having issues) randomly started to freeze frequently, stutter in games, and sometimes just outright crash. After following the advice of a few experienced forum members, it was suggested to completely re-install Windows 10 from a USB using...

Not sure about any applications that can do that in real-time. It might be worth running a game in Window mode so you can monitor the temps yourself in real-time without having to keep minimising it

Does this only happen on Ark? I forgot to ask that in the initial response. I figured it might be worth asking since other applications using your GPU don't have the crashing error. Sometimes drivers cause issues for certain games (e.g. Gears of War 4 notoriously suffered crashing issues for...

Agreed with Sypdertracks. Two extra points I'd like to share that'll hopefully help you out: From my experience with laptops, applying thermal paste is very much trial and error. Sometimes it spreads perfectly, other times temps aren't ideal and it might be worth re-doing it Additionally...

My initial reaction would be to check if the screws are fitted in enough. If the fan is rattling, it might be loose? If that isn't the case, try using your laptop for a short while with the bottom case removed until you can replicate or identify exactly what's happening.

Update: I purchased some laptop screws and a stripped screw extractor kit on Amazon. Thankfully, 1 of the many different types of screws fit my laptop heatsink (and other components) perfectly. I attempted the following: Used a rubber band on the screw head with different screw types to no...

I have the same laptop with a very similar build to you. I had an issue about 2 months ago that constantly resulted in my laptop freezing, also requiring the power button to be used to switch off the laptop. To fix my issue, I followed the advice of long-term forum members who recommended I...

That's how I contacted them. I checked and it was 8 days ago (12th February) asking if they had replacement screws for the heatsink or if they'd potentially consider replacing + extracting it for me as an RMA. I understand they're busy during a pandemic though.

Sorry to bump the thread, but before I potentially take out the CPU Heatsink screw and attempt to also somehow take the screw out of the screw sleeve/connector, if anyone knew where to buy replacement screws for my laptop model? I've contacted PCSpecialist over a week ago but they haven't...

If it's overheating to the extent that it's shutting down, the first thing I'd do is open up the laptop and check to see if the air vents and fans have too much dust build-up. If that is the case, it's definitely worth cleaning them out carefully with compressed air and/or cotton buds. After...

I'll give this a try tomorrow. I'm just hesitant to loosen up the heatsink in case it fails to come out, resulting in worse temperatures over all from poor contact with the CPU. Also, how would I go about taking the screw out of the CPU connector socket (not sure what the actual term is)? In...

Hey everyone. The last time I made a thread, I had issues where the CPU was thermal throttling in seconds due to poor/outdated thermal paste in addition to other issues such as the laptop stuttering. Thankfully, those problems were completely solved and my laptop has been running fine ever...

The CPU definitely shouldn't be reaching its thermal limit on games such as Fortnite. I had an issue a month ago when my own poor thermal paste application had the CPU temps idle around 55-60 and immediately went to 90-100 under load regardless of the game used. After applying Thermal Grizzly...

I had the same temps just a few days ago. Idle temps around high 40's and 50ish degrees, under any sort of stress it'd skyrocket to 90-100 degrees. I had to do basically avoid doing anything remotely tasking on my laptop until I did the following: Intel i7-8700K (CPU) Core Voltage Offset (Intel...

Just wanted to give 1 final update before moving on with this thread. After receiving my new 1.0MM thermal pads in the mail (previously ordered 0.5MM but they were too thin), I re-applied Grizzly Kyronaut + replaced only a few of the thermal pads. I then recorded my temps in HWMonitor...

I don't know what brand they use for the standard paste (I never had the option for Arctic when making my order), but I just re-pasted my CPU + GPU this morning with Arctic Grizzly + added new 1.0MM thermal pads and my temps are looking fantastic. I'd personally suggest seeing how your laptop...

I'd personally suggest opening up the laptop and seeing if everything is connected. If that doesn't work after a short checkup, try taking out the battery and powering on your laptop with the charger connected to see if the issue is the battery itself?

My advice would be to fully clean the insides of your laptop. I had an issue lately that involved my laptop either overheating too fast or having its performance tank due to thermal/power throttling under load. Purchase either Arctic MX-4, Grizzly Kyronaut, or CoolerMaster High Performance...

I don't think you can customise specific keys with control panel, but there are a few options you can mess around with that change the colours of either the whole keyboard, sections of the keyboard, or have lighting effects (e.g. "dance") Go to the bottom-right of your screen and click the ^...