Every laptop will get hot at one point or another. But on comparing them with a Desktop PC this makes absolute sense, there isn’t enough room for airflow and a really amazing cooler so the heat has to go somewhere. But still, if you have the feeling it is way hotter than usually there are some steps we can take.
First off, if your laptop is a bit older or you have pets or use it outside where there might be dust and dirt, it makes sense to clean it regularly. Every so often, say every two months, should do the trick and help it keep cool. In order to do that we recommend buying can of compressed air, which you should be able to find in hardware stores, online and even in your local supermarket.
Open up the laptop after you have turned it off, unplugged the power cable and removed the battery. This doesn’t void the warranty (unless you intend on running the internals of the laptop through like a shish kebab); If you need help, feel free to ring us as we can generally send you pictures and instructions for most of the laptop models we sell.
Find the fan(s), hold the blades still by pressing your finger on the middle and then spray the dust out. Most cans of compressed air will tell you how to use them properly, but in general you should hold them in about 15 cm/ 6 inches distance. Sometimes this alone will cool your laptop significantly and you may even find that the machine is quieter.
If that doesn’t help the next thing we’d look into repasting the thermal paste. This is a bit more labour intensive and involves removing the heatsink, cleaning off the old paste and applying new paste. Once again if you need help, ring us we can send you pictures and instructions for most of the laptop models we sell.
If it is still too warm after that, run a stress test to simulate a heavy workload/ gaming session and a monitoring program like RealTemp or HW Monitor and send us the results of the temperatures. Naturally if the stress test is causing the machine to cut out it may be worth simply running the monitor to get an idea for the idle temperatures. You can take a screenshot or picture with your smartphone and send that over if you are unsure what you are looking at and we’ll take it from there.
First off, if your laptop is a bit older or you have pets or use it outside where there might be dust and dirt, it makes sense to clean it regularly. Every so often, say every two months, should do the trick and help it keep cool. In order to do that we recommend buying can of compressed air, which you should be able to find in hardware stores, online and even in your local supermarket.
Open up the laptop after you have turned it off, unplugged the power cable and removed the battery. This doesn’t void the warranty (unless you intend on running the internals of the laptop through like a shish kebab); If you need help, feel free to ring us as we can generally send you pictures and instructions for most of the laptop models we sell.
Find the fan(s), hold the blades still by pressing your finger on the middle and then spray the dust out. Most cans of compressed air will tell you how to use them properly, but in general you should hold them in about 15 cm/ 6 inches distance. Sometimes this alone will cool your laptop significantly and you may even find that the machine is quieter.
If that doesn’t help the next thing we’d look into repasting the thermal paste. This is a bit more labour intensive and involves removing the heatsink, cleaning off the old paste and applying new paste. Once again if you need help, ring us we can send you pictures and instructions for most of the laptop models we sell.
If it is still too warm after that, run a stress test to simulate a heavy workload/ gaming session and a monitoring program like RealTemp or HW Monitor and send us the results of the temperatures. Naturally if the stress test is causing the machine to cut out it may be worth simply running the monitor to get an idea for the idle temperatures. You can take a screenshot or picture with your smartphone and send that over if you are unsure what you are looking at and we’ll take it from there.