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Re: Do processors lose performance over time?
04/25/11 06:16 PM
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> I wonder, have you cleaned the case out recently? Are all of the fans spinning at the
> proper speed? Is the environment the machine is in warmer than it used to be? Dust
> can be a hell of an insulator, and a subtly failing CPU fan could raise the temps
> just enough to cause the processor to start throttling, which would account for the
> loss of performance.
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That's an interesting idea, although I did clean it recently a few weeks ago and installed a new heat sink and fan, since I was getting occasional lockups with the old one. I think that would be easy to verify by running MAME in a window and keeping CPU-Z open, showing the processor speed.
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