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My hp pavilion zt1120 notebook shuts down by itself every 5-10 min. (overheating problem)?

Hi Guys, I have cleaned the heatsink, removed the old thermal pad and applied good quality thermal compound also the fan is running but the problem still is there. The CPU gets very hot so hardly I can touch the part of heatsink which covering the CPU but the other end of heatsink which is in front of the fan seems good. Any help or advice is highly appraciated.

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1. Hmmm, did you clean around the heatsink as well? Dust can get trapped outside the heatsink and block airflow through it.
2. I had the same problem with my hp pavillion zd7000. I had to get a can of compressed air and then took off the panel around the fans and blew out a ton of dust. Now it works fine on problems.