laptop is overheating

[Gandhi]

My laptop(Asus R510jx) is overheating. It is not shutting down but gets really hot even during browsing. I took my laptop to a technician and asked him to replace the thermal paste but he told that thermal ic(he told me it is some kind of chip) needs to be changed. Is that a real solution or is he just trying to get more money from me? 

[Fasauceome]

Sounds kind of baloney, sounds like he's trying to tell you that the sensor is wrong and has to be replaced.

[BobVonBob]

Smells like BS to me. If you're comfortable with it you can try opening the laptop and cleaning out the heatsink. It also may be that a temperature sensor is busted and needs to be replaced, but I would have thought he would just say it was a sensor if that was the case. You can try using HWiNFO64 and see if any sensors are missing or showing weird values.

[Gandhi]

thanks a lot