Performance drop? Spike in CPU temp? Might be your fan!

Troubleshooting performance problems caused by improper heatsink mounting.

symptoms

• Lag in games
• General performance issues

root cause

If the heatsink fan is not fixed properly it causes overheating which causes lag in games and general performance issues.

solution

Reseating the fan properly fixed it:

• twist the fan pegs to the left
• pull the fan pegs
• twist to the right
• push it in one by one