CPU temperature Thinkpad R61

[Konstantin Svist]

On 10/16/2009 02:41 AM, Christoph Höger wrote:
> I am aware of that dust thing (I am going to give a compressor a try),
> but the heat goes up when the notebook and the fan is idle. That should
> not have anything to do with dust, right?

I feel comfortable opening up my electronics, so I open up the laptop 
before using compressed air. When the heatsinks are all in the open, 
it's much easier to see where you need to blow or wipe (I use q-tips too).
Otherwise, you're risking blowing the dust deeper into the laptop.

HTH