Still getting high temps after repasting processor

I agree with David it at the temps you mention are not really that high as mine are fairly similar.

As for seeing the fan running a Toshiba I have had these apart on occasions and you can see the fan spin, and even with the machine still assembled if you look underneath there is an inlet for air directly opposite the fan you can see it spinning there.

As Davis says any bearing that is going home is usually very noisy as the wear allows the blades to hit the fan containment, the air inlet grill, or the site base where it is attached down to.

It also usually smells like overheated car wheel bearings or if the fan blades are hitting the containment the distinctive smell of very hot plastic.

DavidW7ncus said:

@ICit2lol,
Thanks for the added info with real-life laptop experience!

@Greg
Another possibility to explain temp differences -
Were the high temps with (HD) High Definition video and lower temps are with (SD) Standard Definition?
Check your CPU usage while viewing video.

When i added an HD PVR it did not work - the MB internal graphics couldn't handle it...
I added a dedicated GPU and everything worked.

With a dedicated GPU (desktop) i can see a BIG difference in enabling/disabling "Hardware Acceleration" in media programs...
CPU use goes down, and GPU use goes up, but the GPU can better handle HD at lower temps with a lower total power consumption.

You might not have a "Hardware Acceleration" option with a laptop/IGP...
I'm not even sure it would help with an IGP...

Hum thank you David for that extra info too I had not given the GPU issue a thought