CPU getting heated up is a problem that most of us deal with every day. With intense work and the functioning of such devices, heating becomes a common phenomenon. But at the end of the day, it is our responsibility to cool down these systems to have a smooth experience and increase their shelf life. The Internet is truly a wonderful place that comes with a solution to every problem. Recently a TikTok video went viral where it shows how to cool down a heated CPU using the most common ingredient found in our kitchen. Read on as this will help you as well.
Cool Down Your Heated CPU Using Your Kitchen Ingredient
A video is making rounds on social media that shows us how to use only salt and thermal paste to cool down a CPU. The TikTok application is banned in India so we are unable to view or embed the video here. According to various reports on different platforms, a TikTok user named @mryeester is the mastermind behind this trending hack that he found out after experimenting with a lot of ingredients.
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This TikTok Hack Will Surprise You!
After doing quite a few experiments with a thermal paste, the result was only an increase in temperature. Lastly, he finally added salt to it and helped in cooling down his heated-up CPU. He took a tiny amount of salt and crushed it further to add it to the thermal paste. As shown in the video, the temperature actually reduced by 2 to 3 degree Celsius. Salt is readily available in our kitchen and it can come in handy for people to use it to cool down the CPU.
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This video led to a lot of questions and reactions. We all know that salt is corrosive in nature and can increase the speed of corrosion of any metal. The mixture of salt with the thermal paste can lead to an electrical hazard.
If your CPU starts getting heated up and interrupts your work on a very busy day, will you ever use this viral TikTok trick to cool down the system?
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