M11x R2 shutting down under high load (Civ 5)

So I've had this laptop for years now and its been a rock, playing everything I throw at it. For the past year on/off (I don't play all the time, just some weekends) when I play civ 5 (I keep the settings very low to have a smooth gameplay) in late game the laptop gets very hot around that copper tubing of the heatsink and will just shut off.

I know civ 5 is very cpu intensive, but I can't remember this happening when I was first was playing civ 5 when it came out. Its basically the only game I play and am wondering how to remedy this? Replace the thermal paste? Use a cooling pad?

I have already blown out as much dust as possible from inside the laptop.

 

Repaste and deep clean would probably help. Shut down shows its probably a thermal issue.

 

DDDenniZZZ is most likely correct. Assuming the laptop performs fine otherwise and only crashed under load would indicate a heat issue, in that the heatsink over the CPU is poorly seated or that the thermal paste has deteriorated to a point where it no longer effectively does its job.

 

I believe the same, a re-paste should help you out. Let us know how the PC performs after that.

 

Bringing this back from the dead but I did re paste and seat the cpu. Certainly helped but still shut down due to heat at late game CIV 5. Must be cpu overheat issue.

I fear my trusty old m11x is overdue for a replacement... Considering the aw 13 or the p34g v3. Hopefully those are up to the task with the cooling. Also getting lots of running out of ram pop-ups when using Chrome with many tabs... 4gb just doesn't cut it with memory hog browsers I guess.

 

Have you tried reinstalling the O.S? It may also be that there's too many processes running in the background that have been accumulated through time.

 

Monitor your temps so we can see how hot things are getting. Also as brother Porras mentioned a reload would be a good start also since its be a few years? Help freshen things up.