# Gameshell overheated and now it just boots and crashes

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**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-overheated-and-now-it-just-boots-and-crashes/2736 "2019-02-08T09:27:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Micro007](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/micro007/32/745_2.png) [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-overheated-and-now-it-just-boots-and-crashes/2736/10 "2019-06-28T10:37:32Z")

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Add a nice thin layer of silver paste under the heat sink that should help.

We also might be adding to the issue but cramming a bunch of shit in there. Maybe making small air vents in the casing would allow more heat to escape naturally.

I have never had m unit shutdown because of heat, but it does get hot.

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