CPU always burning hot

[ChronicleSword]

I have a Toshiba laptop that I've had for going on 4-5 years now that I use for everything. I have a habit of leaving it on for long stretches of time before giving it a break; that could be a long term factor here but I'm not too sure.

 

For the past year or two my CPU in the laptop is at a constant 90C+ temp. I usually have to run a fan on it to keep it from shutting down due to overheating (which it has done before but hasn't in about a year). When I game on it or put it under some load the CPU temp can jump towards 110C and higher. I know this is rather bad for the longevity of the computer so I was wondering what steps I could possibly take to extend its life until I am able to either get a new laptop or save for a personal rig.

Thanks in advanced for all of the help.

 

Here are the general stats: http://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-satellite-s855d-s5120-15-6-a-series-a10-4600m-windows-8-8-gb-ram-750-gb-hdd-us/specs/

 

And here is a screenshot of the temps after leaving it off for 6 hours last night and right after boot. 

 

[hug0mac]

I have a Toshiba laptop that I've had for going on 4-5 years now that I use for everything. I have a habit of leaving it on for long stretches of time before giving it a break; that could be a long term factor here but I'm not too sure.

 

For the past year or two my CPU in the laptop is at a constant 90C+ temp. I usually have to run a fan on it to keep it from shutting down due to overheating (which it has done before but hasn't in about a year). When I game on it or put it under some load the CPU temp can jump towards 110C and higher. I know this is rather bad for the longevity of the computer so I was wondering what steps I could possibly take to extend its life until I am able to either get a new laptop or save for a personal rig.

Thanks in advanced for all of the help.

 

Here are the general stats: http://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-satellite-s855d-s5120-15-6-a-series-a10-4600m-windows-8-8-gb-ram-750-gb-hdd-us/specs/

 

And here is a screenshot of the temps after leaving it off for 6 hours last night and right after boot. b5738e4c7c309987606abc98f6476780.png

 

 

oh my... have you ever changed the thermal paste...? if no, do that...they are cheap, not more than 10 bucks normally.

[don_svetlio]

Clean, repaste. Toshiba have always had heat issues

[TheRandomness]

oh my... have you ever changed the thermal paste...? if no, do that...they are cheap, not more than 10 bucks normally.

This plus take it apart and dust everything

[hug0mac]

This plus take it apart and dust everything

 

correct, if its possible... not all laptops are as easy to "work with" might be a little problem

[2001jaden]

The fan will probably be clogged up with dust

[ChronicleSword]

Any tips on taking apart and repasting? I've never applied thermal paste before. I've taken apart plenty of towers but never a laptop besides removing RAM and a HDD. 

How would I clean it without messing it up? Hand remove the dust?

 

Also where could I get thermal paste? Amazon?

[Rodniz]

Is the fan actually working? Any strange noices? These Temps are insane, not in a good way x)

Look up a guide for replacing the thermal paste. Ask a friend who got experience in that to help u, if possible.

 

 

Edit.: I usually buy this one. Works just fine. Cheaper ones will do just as fine. 
http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Performance-Compound-Interface-Material/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1453644201&sr=8-5&keywords=arctic+silver

[ChronicleSword]

Is the fan actually working? Any strange noices? These Temps are insane, not in a good way x)

Look up a guide for replacing the thermal paste. Ask a friend who got experience in that to help u, if possible.

I hear it working but it may not be the best fan, Its not making any strange noises from what I can hear. 

 

I have one of those laptop stand cooler to try to keep it in check sometimes but it barely helps sometimes 

[boarder2k7]

First just try a different program for temps. Isn't speccy the one people say misreads stuff crazy high sometimes?

Download HWinfo, load the sensor data, and check it out.

[Minsekt]

First just try a different program for temps. Isn't speccy the one people say misreads stuff crazy high sometimes?

Download HWinfo, load the sensor data, and check it out.

 

 

yep escpecially on amd a series cpu's

[ChronicleSword]

I had no idea about that. I'll have to remember that.

 

Here is the new info (I believe I got the right part).

 

[boarder2k7]

I had no idea about that. I'll have to remember that.

 

Here is the new info (I believe I got the right part).

 

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Yeah that's the correct part, but the numbers are still very weird. I think you might have some mis-reporting going on there because if your processor was really at 97 C it should thermal throttle and shut down as soon as you do anything, and your program reporting 110 C temps shouldn't be possible as the Bulldozer/Piledriver architecture has thermal throttling and shutdown built in as far as I know.

 

Your processor is a second gen Bulldozer (Piledriver) but because its a laptop processor I couldn't find much information on it. The wiki page was similarly unhelpful. It really annoys me that AMD doesn't have a setup like the Intel Ark to look up their stuff. I can't even find the A10-4600M on AMD's website.

 

From what I found on other sites, CPU 0 is your actual core temp, and I'm not sure what your computer is reading for the CPU 0 Package temp. Though the 100 C temps are disconcerting, the other temp being in the 50 C range is totally fine.

 

I think I'd ignore it because everything points towards it being a misreporting error. Older AMD CPUs are notorious for misreporting temperatures as well.

 

These (and others) are what I found:

http://www.hwinfo.com/forum/Thread-cpu-temp-monitoring

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2717900/cpu0-cpu0-package-temperatures.html

 

 

Anyone else have thoughts towards it?