You should investigate getting your laptop cleaned and inspected. I don't know how much would be covered by its warranty.
Some laptops have been found to have very poor heat conductivity between the CPU or graphics chips and their heatsinks. Often they were found to have little or no thermal paste, or the paste had dried out and failed.
At the very least, you should make sure you have a backup of the disk in case the system dies completely.
Hi ZVONA. I wanted to know if u ve found any solution for your laptops cooling problem because im experiencing the same problems. Does cooling pads really work?
I have had this exact problem on my dell inspiron n5010.
at first i diddnt know how to fix it, because i could clearly hear the fan running, but whenever i did an intensive task such as playing star trek online, or star wars empire at war (requires alot of graphics and processor power to play) my laptop would heat up to the point where the keyboard burnt my fingers. after about 5 minutes it would automatically switch off with no warning.
after taking apart the laptop i can happily confirm that its due to dust. there is a tiny vent right next to the fan, this is a HUGE magnet for dust. after clearing away the dust my laptop now works 100% of the time, and better still, it doesnt feel hot anymore, ***, it hardly feels warm, its a 1 cold son of a gun!
so to clarify, ANYONE experiancing overheating on this model, in the way i described, its dust that is completely blocking the vent hole, it only takes 1/4 of a pea size of dust to do so.
if you are a bit shakey about taking apart your laptop, either watch a youtube video on how to do so (i highly recommend this option)
or take it to a professional. but expect to pay £50 or $80 - $100
as for my laptop, it now has no overheating issues, not bad for a core i5 that someone just threw away, luckily my best friends a dustbinman and found it!! im one lucky &%£$&$&
thanks for your time on reading this, and i hope, but know this will help :)
seldenb
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January 17th, 2011 14:00
You should investigate getting your laptop cleaned and inspected. I don't know how much would be covered by its warranty.
Some laptops have been found to have very poor heat conductivity between the CPU or graphics chips and their heatsinks. Often they were found to have little or no thermal paste, or the paste had dried out and failed.
At the very least, you should make sure you have a backup of the disk in case the system dies completely.
chethan1987
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January 30th, 2011 03:00
Hi ZVONA. I wanted to know if u ve found any solution for your laptops cooling problem because im experiencing the same problems. Does cooling pads really work?
Please help me out.
zvona_1
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January 31st, 2011 03:00
I have cleaned the ventilation and bought this cooling pad http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=2581
Now it never overheats.
chethan1987
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January 31st, 2011 13:00
Thanks a lot....i think i ll buy one too....
Bhoumik
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November 18th, 2012 06:00
ZVONA_1 Can you please let me know the name(model no.) of the product ? as i am facing the same issue.....
kieren keith bi
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July 1st, 2015 17:00
GOOD NEWS!
I have had this exact problem on my dell inspiron n5010.
at first i diddnt know how to fix it, because i could clearly hear the fan running, but whenever i did an intensive task such as playing star trek online, or star wars empire at war (requires alot of graphics and processor power to play) my laptop would heat up to the point where the keyboard burnt my fingers. after about 5 minutes it would automatically switch off with no warning.
after taking apart the laptop i can happily confirm that its due to dust. there is a tiny vent right next to the fan, this is a HUGE magnet for dust. after clearing away the dust my laptop now works 100% of the time, and better still, it doesnt feel hot anymore, ***, it hardly feels warm, its a 1 cold son of a gun!
so to clarify, ANYONE experiancing overheating on this model, in the way i described, its dust that is completely blocking the vent hole, it only takes 1/4 of a pea size of dust to do so.
if you are a bit shakey about taking apart your laptop, either watch a youtube video on how to do so (i highly recommend this option)
or take it to a professional. but expect to pay £50 or $80 - $100
as for my laptop, it now has no overheating issues, not bad for a core i5 that someone just threw away, luckily my best friends a dustbinman and found it!! im one lucky &%£$&$&
thanks for your time on reading this, and i hope, but know this will help :)
its dust!!