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Answer» Yes, GOOD JOB of discovery there. Perhaps heat was affecting your processor.
BTW, did you look at the fins on the heatsink under the processor fan? They can also get clogged with dust. You can loosen it with a TOOTHPICK or paper clip. A can of compressed air can also be used to blow out loosened debris from the heatsink. Depending on your specific hardware, you may able to remove the fan without removing the heatsink from the processor; this would be done be removing four screws holding the fan to the heatsink. That would make cleaning the heatsink much easier.
If you actually remove the heatsink, you'll need to remove the old thermal gel/paste between the heatsink (the bottom of it) and the processor and APPLY new thermal paste before reinstalling the heatsink and fan.To add to SOYBEANS excellent instructions i also use a QTip to hold any fan blades in place when blasting with compressed air to prevent damaging the fans.
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