On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 00:58 -0500, Darr247 wrote: > On 07 December 2013 @02:57 zulu, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > > > The CPU heat sink is under the fan pointing down towards the motherboard. > You lift those 2 levers to release it, and there's likely another lever > under it all locking the CPU into the socket. The picture is not very clear, but it looks as if the heatsink on the processor has collected a lot of dust, probably blocking the air flow. Do not yet remove the heat sink ( I am always weary of doing so) but try to remove the dust first if there is a lot of it. Louis