Running hot i7

Lawdie

Hey, just spotted the processor is running in the red. All else seems fine.

Can anyone advise the simplest solution? and possible a brick and mortar location?

Thanks

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CPU
Intel Core i7 4770

Average Temperature 97 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size 4 x 256 KBytes
L3 Unified Cache Size 8192 KBytes
Cores
Core Speed Multiplier Bus Speed Temperature Threads
Core 0 798.1 MHz x 8.0 99.8 MHz 96 °C APIC ID: 0, 1
Core 1 798.1 MHz x 8.0 99.8 MHz 96 °C APIC ID: 2, 3
Core 2 798.1 MHz x 8.0 99.8 MHz 96 °C APIC ID: 4, 5
Core 3 798.1 MHz x 8.0 99.8 MHz 98 °C APIC ID: 6, 7

TerrorFirmer

If the processor is running that hot in its downclocked state, the cooler is most definitely loose. You need to take if out, clean off the paste, apply fresh small pea sized amount onto the CPU, and put the cooler back in.

In the shorter term, just clipping it back into place will help, but you need to remove, clean, re-paste and put it back in really. You will get thermal paste in Maplins.