Laptop Overheating

[Lookeaw-TH]

Just sitting with my laptop on the lap as usual, doing school assignment.

When I noticed that my laptop's fan kicked up.

And moments later, my laptop is SERIOUSLY TOO HOT TO PLACED ON MY LAP!

I open Intel XTU to check what's going on and it told me that my CPU temp. is 75 C!

No, it's not overclocked and it doesn't thermal throttling.

What could cause this and how can I solve this without calling tech support (and spent tons of money on servicing)?

[19_blackie_73]

open the laptop and remove the dust

[capdauntless]

To start I would never run a modern laptop on your lap. Too much residual heat from your body heating that sucker up. How old is the laptop? Is there any dust in the heatsink that you can see from the fan exhaust. If the exhaust is plugged up you can use a can of compressed air to clean it out. If it continues to persist you may have thermal paste issues and it may be worth it to put some new cpu thermal paste on. That of course is if you are willing to open up your laptop (which is not particularly for the faint of heart ).

[Pommy192]

To start I would never run a modern laptop on your lap. 

 

The heat output from some of the £400 modern laptops are near to nothing in my experience. Such as the pentiums.

[capdauntless]

Well the low voltage ones are relatively OK (AMD e350 puts out zero heat) but in this case I have a feeling this member is running something a little more powerful.

[k1ng_alex]

Open it up and clean out the heatsinks I had this problem on an old acer and found a good inch of dust in and on the heatsink.

[Lookeaw-TH]

I just bought my system less than a year.

And no, I don't noticed any dust in my vent.

(My model had a little filter which I clean it out every month)

and I'm running Intel Core I5 4210-U not those AMD's

(I "personally don't like AMD because it kicks out tons of heat while just simple browsing!)

Hop this helps.

Oh as temporary solve. I put tmy laptop directy on the AC and it's works, Just for now .

[k1ng_alex]

First off it was a dual core intel,

Second a dust filter does help but you need to clean the area where the fan blows air at the heatsink.

third I would not recommend putting your laptop directly on an ac vent it has a greater chance of making precipitation and as we all know unless you Linus water and laptops dont mix.

Try getting a laptop cooling pad.

[TheArmChairGuru]

When you sit the laptop on your lap, does your leg / pants cover the vent holes on the underside of the case ?

If so, the cooling fan can't get the air necessary to cool the cpu and it overheats.

 

Get a laptop cooling pad:

1- it stops that particular problem

2- it gives your laptop a stable place to sit on your lap

3- put stick-ons on it, makes it look cooler and chicks dig personality

4- chicks will dig your cooling pad

5- chicks will dig you

6- you will be famous

7- not really but you laughed, so go get a cooling pad now

[Lookeaw-TH]

I tried a cooling pad and it was no hope...

It does help to decrease around 1 C.

I think there is a some kind of viruses or background apps that keeps my CPU busy and processing...

Is that possible?

[k1ng_alex]

you should google your cpu model and look on intel's ARK page.

I know for a fact my acer is rated for something like 90C but only ever hit 80C

sure it was hot but it was rated for this amount of heat.