Laptop overheating

[BloodyPuppy]

Alright, so I've had this problem for a while but it hasn't become a real issue until this past year. My laptop is for gaming and runs very hot, and suffers from graphical slowdown on occasion as a result. At first it was just small graphical hiccups every once and again, but now I regularly drop to 10 fps and below every 10-15 seconds like freaking clockwork. This doesn't happen on games that aren't graphics intensive like half-life 1 or Fallout 1/2 but when I'm playing CoD4 or CSS I'm screwed. And it isn't because I can't run the games either, because it runs everything at at least 40 fps when I'm not experiencing horrific lag. I've tried a cooling pad too, it doesn't do crap. Does anyone have any idea how I could solve this problem short of getting an actual computer (which I'm already working on)?

 

[AltF4]

If it's a little bit old, it might just be dusty / dirty inside. Try cleaning it out with a can of air.

It's a good thing to do anyway even if that's not the source of your problem, too.

 

[BloodyPuppy]

If it's a little bit old, it might just be dusty / dirty inside. Try cleaning it out with a can of air.

It's a good thing to do anyway even if that's not the source of your problem, too.

Hmm, I'll try that out. Admittedly I've never opened this thing up so some airflow can't hurt it. I'll recruit a friend to give me a hand with opening it (one slightly more computer savvy than me).

Edit: And thanks for the help.

 

[Yinlong]

well i'm no expert but you could try letting some air under your laptop, get 4 erasers to elevate your laptop

it worked for me hahah

 

[streetracr77]

I would make sure that if your laptop is overheating, keep it elevated a little and try cleaning your fan out. The dust around or on your fan could be the problem. Also, don't leave it on all the time. Put it on sleep so it's not constantly running.

 

[-Phaze-]

I had this problem with an older desktop of mine, open it up and dust or vacuum around the fans.

 

[ZeroFox]

I would make sure that if your laptop is overheating, keep it elevated a little and try cleaning your fan out. The dust around or on your fan could be the problem. Also, don't leave it on all the time. Put it on sleep so it's not constantly running.

Yeah I should definitely try that out. My laptop gets pretty hot sometimes too..