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Vostro 3460 overheating
Hello,
the laptop suddenly started overheating when playing games that aren't particularly HW demanding (Aura Kingdom, medium details).
Idle / browsing CPU temperature is about 50-60°C, which is a bit on the high side, and after several minutes of gaming (no heavy load, about 20% CPU usage) the temperature climbs to 90-100°C and eventually the laptop shuts down.
The fan is working, nothing seems to be obstructing the air flow, laptop is being used on a flat glass surface, there's no visible dust accumulated. Using A19 BIOS driver, which I believe is up to date.
Thank you for any suggestions.
PS: Normally I'd start somewhere else and wouldn't spam the forums, but after several hours of browsing the support site I'm just too frustrated. I wanted to run Dell PC Diagnostics, which failed to recognize my Service Tag. I wanted to write an Email or join the Chat, but those options are not supported in my region (No Email support in Europe?? Seriously??)