that chip is 2014, https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series A10-7300.html
54C is definitely not too hot, so while you've solved the dust problem, it seems something else is in play here. Can you make up the UBCD and run Memtest? Wonder if that stick is flaky? You could swap it with the other one.Uh oh, just happened again. I rebooted and the fan utility has the temp at 54C. So perhaps cleaning out the fan problem made it better, but didn't eliminate it?
Well this is several years old, perhaps this is just a sign I need to get a new one. I don't think I want to tear it down again.
the fan motor is broken (any noises?) or system for some reason is not giving proper speed signal to it.When I put my ear close to where I usually hear the fan, I can hear at least what I think the fan is, running at the lowest volume. But it is absolutely not the loud level that I've heard in the past.
54C is definitely not too hot, so while you've solved the dust problem, it seems something else is in play here. Can you make up the UBCD and run Memtest? Wonder if that stick is flaky? You could swap it with the other one.
If you haven’t, it may be time for some new thermal paste. It dries out over time and if the heat sink or motherboard were to shift a little (or a big enough expansion/contraction from heating and cooling) and “break the seal” so to speak it will cause thermal issues. I’ve pulled apart old (3-5 years old on average) Dell micro desktops and the thermal paste on them just crumbles to dust. Just be careful cleaning the old stuff off the CPU, in laptops they’re pretty much all have exposed dies.
Edit - just read 09 GLS’s post saying the same thing… my bad!
+1If you haven’t, it may be time for some new thermal paste. It dries out over time