AHHHH

[tpfaff]

my x800xl is running at 65 celsius idle, wtf, any suggestions besides slapping on a third party cooler (and at 90 full load)

 

[Nirad9er]

clean the dust out of the heatsink.

 

[nst6563]

yes...what he said.

and if that doesn't work, chances are the stock thermal paste dried up and is acting as more of an insulator than a heat conductor. remove heatsink, clean real good (lap if it needs it), apply AS (5, ceramique, or whatever you have handy), re-install heatsink.

 

[mrbay]

haha whoops, the poster before me said the same thing... didn't know, i guess we were typing it at the same time xD

 

[vanilla_guerilla]

only leave frozen pizza on it for 15 minutes now.