Laptop Temperatures

[Alien]

Hi!

I have an Alienware M14x, which I bought last Summer.

Only recently, it has started to shut down by itself, which I suspect is due to far too high temperatures.

I have downloaded PC Wizard and HWMonitor.

These are the temperatures.

CPU (Intel 2630QM):
Core 1 : 85 °C
Core 2 : 86 °C
Core 3 : 85 °C
Core 4 : 82 °C
Package : 87 °C
GT : 2.517 W
IACores : 7.201 W
Package : 13.770 W


GPU (nVidia GeForce 555M):
Temperature : 81 °C
Temperature (GPU) : 81 °C
Fan : 100.0%
Voltage : 0.812 V

HardDrive:
Hard Disk ST9500423AS : 44 °C

I am wondering what is the best way to reduce these temperatures, and if any permanent damage could occur if the computer is used for long periods of time.

UPDATE: When on its side, where the fan has good ventilation, CPU cores are up 10 degrees, and GPU is down 20... I really don't know what to make of this.

 

[dannyboiio18]

This happened to mine I had to take case appart turns out fan was dusty and stopped working so I've seen your update but if your still not happy with your temps give it a go myt be dusty

 

[spirit]

Take a can of compressed air and spray it in all the vents to get rid of all the dust that has likely built up. If that still doesn't work, take the laptop apart and clean it.

The laptop will likely turn itself of it gets too hot, but I wouldn't use this an indication as to whether your laptop is getting too hot.

 

[Alien]

I think I know what might cause it.

I'm on my iPhone now, as it shut down again.

Before it shut down, I plugged in the cable that charges it. When I plugged it in, I noticed that I couldn't feel the air coming out of the fan.

The GPU temperature went to 95 degrees, and it shut down.

Could the charger be the cause?

 

[spirit]

It may be. I'd disassemble it and clean as much of it out as you can. It's probably caked in the dust.

 

[Alien]

Do I have to disassemble it to spray the air in?

I don't want to take a chance with static electricity.

And won't it void my warranty?

 

[spirit]

If you don't want to disassemble it what you can do is take the laptop outside, hold it up, and then spray air into the vents. That won't void your warranty but it probably won't remove all of the dust; but it will remove the vast majority of it.