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    gateway fx laptop overheating

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by kukupbn, Sep 23, 2010.

  1. kukupbn

    kukupbn Newbie

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    I have a gateway fx laptop. ive had it for about two years now and its been working great. i used to game pretty hardcore on it up to 10 hours a day it would get real hot but it would never shut down. Now my computer shuts down after 5-10 minutes of gaming TOPS. i have a cooling pad with two additional fans. the areas that seem to get hot are the panels below my processor and graphics card, also the copper heat sink as weel as the radiator connected to these tend to get very warm as well. here is a screenshot of my CPU temperatures after checking email, facebook, ect. no gaming.

    Basically what i want to know is based off of these figures, what part(s) need to be replaced or does mt computer just need a thorough cleaning. i play in a rather dusty environment and i clean it often but i cant access everything through the panels and i cannot figure out how to fully dissassemble it so there may be a big ball of dust in there somewhere.
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    kukupbn, Sep 23, 2010
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    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    hirush, Sep 23, 2010
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