Dell Inspiron 15r Special edition (7520)

[Bharathvajha]

I have a dell inspiron 7520. It's a good machine. I used to game a lot and work a lot. But after a couple of years it started to overheat so bad i have to shut it down often. Playing Cricket 2007 or need for speed hot pursuit(2010) even makes it overheat. It has AMD Radeon HD 7700M series. I will be buying a new laptop next year. but for time being i need this one to work well like it used to be. Due to overheating i cant take it to my college works. Should i replace the thermal paste? please advice.

[AskTJ]

Yes. Follow an iFixit guide to replace the thermal paste. I suggest you learn to apply thermal paste on a piece of paper so you dont squeeze to much, like Linus did here.

[Bharathvajha]

Thanks for the response.