Toshiba x200-15k overheat?

I'm getting frustrated from the issue that I'm having.
My laptop seemed to be working perfectly till I started having an issue with games. I used to play call of duty 4 almost every day with some of my friends in multiplayer LAN mode, and the game was really smooth. A month ago, I started having a problem with my Realtek onboard network card. The network card seemed to have the green light turned on all the time, even if there's no network cable plugged into it. So I have to disable the network card and then enable it again, and plug/unplug the network card multiple times for it to function properly. I'm using windows Vista ultimate (32 bit ). So I've reinstalled it and downloaded the latest driver for my network card with no luck.
Now to the real problem. Nowadays whenever I play COD4, the game starts normally and I'm able to play for around 20 minutes before encountering unbearable in-game lags! I can barely shoot anyone with the amounts of lags that I'm encountering! At first, I thought that my network card was the problem, given all of what I said before, but even in single player mode, and after playing around 3 consecutive stages, I'm having the same problem. I have tried other games too with the same result. UNBEARABLE lags after around 20-25 minutes. So now I'm thinking that temperature has to do with this. I've downloaded riva Tuner and I've monitored my hardware temperature. My GPU has a normal temperature of 65 degrees ( while absolutely doing nothing at all). And when I run a game such as call of duty, this temperature increases to a whopping 91 degrees!

First of all, I would really need someone who has a laptop like mine, to tell me what are the normal and overloaded GPU temperatures.. Then I would know if I'm having a thermal issue...

 

Well i guess that x200 its like the x205 SLI ? If you have the 8600m GT SLI then those temps are within the safe range.. Mines go up to 88 with demanding games... Now, this temps are with the vents clean... Before i cleaned the vents they went up to 96... I found that was the critical point, playing DIRT i got lag just when one of my cards reached that temp, after cleaning, nver went above 88 and no more lag... Maybe your critical point is around 90... Clean the vents of dust with a can of compressed air and check again your in-game temps

 

Thanks for the fast feedback man..

Do I have to open my laptop in order to do that ? or can I simply do that by pumping air into my laptop through the ventilation holes?

 

May I note that I have an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T7700, running at 2.4 GHZ. The 2 cores have a temperature of 85 degrees when I'm barely doing anything ( like surfing the internet for example). Please guys, I really need to know if I have a thermal issue in my laptop, for me to know if I have to go through the troublesome process of opening my laptop and hoovering the dust.

 

Those 85 degrees are Farenheit or Celsius? If it's celsius that's WAY too high, if Farenheit, they're OK...

About the cleaning, yes you can bump air through your vents, but remember to stuck your fan with a needle or something, so it doesn't over spin...

 

Mine has hit 106 C.....before crashing. Thoroughly vacuum/blowing/vacuuming drops it nearly 30 C. I clean my almost monthly now, and am amazed at how much dust comes out each and every time

 

Oh man, this is the first time that I know that dust can increase your system temperature this much ! I blew some air into the ventilation holes, and now my GPU temperature dropped from almost 93 degrees Celsius while being overloaded with a game such as COD4, to 70 degrees MAX. My CPUs dropped to 65 degrees Celsius too !

 

I'm having an issue somewhat like this. My X205-sli1 GPU temps are mid 50s for GPU 2 and 100-110 C for GPU 1. Cleaning didn't lower temps at all, I had to underclock with nTune to even get it to not overheat and shut down. Anything I should look for when I pull the back off again tonight?

 

No man, something must be wrong with that second card... 110 !!! It's burning... Take it to Toshiba or soon will be dead...

 

My friend has been having overheating issues with a satellite x200 with the system cooling fan running constantly while gaming or not. Also the system tends to just shut down i gather once peak temperatures have been hit. I know that the Satellite Pro x200 was a limited run by toshiba but does anyone know ANYWHERE where i could find a step by step cleaning/disassembly guide for this laptop? I havent found any in over 3 hours of searching the web and i gather thats due to this laptop having been produced in low numbers. Any help greatly appreciated.

 

I'm having the same issue again, and this time I was playing Modern Warfare 2 ! My GPU clock is reaching 96! once it reaches that point, I start to have in-game lags after which I cannot possibly be able to target anything or anyone.
I really wouldn't want to open my laptop for any reason, so is there any way to clean my laptop through the ventilation holes? is it safe?

 

I have always used a handheld vacuum to clear the dust out of the vents and never experienced any problems on my 6 year old Hp and 4 year old Toshiba. They are both still running strong.