Re: Lenovo G460 slow even in bios


I meant the heat pipe fins near the fan...

Re: Lenovo G460 slow even in bios

I found out the issues:
1)CPU overheat: the fan finns clog very easily, remove the whole heat pipe assembly (by unscrewin around CPU & GPU), and thoroughly clean between the fins
2) GPU overheat (causing CPU to run at half speed when GPU over 80C and killing the system above 100 or so): There was a f*@#$ silicon pad between GPU and heat pipe (grey soft thing),I believe it was there to adjust the height because GPU was too far for copper heatsink. THE FIX: carefully bend down the wings (while keeping pressure on the copper rivets...