Cpu hits 100% (when playing games.) and laptop keeps getting hot.

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atjohnso

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Basically every time I've been playing a game recently, it starts getting laggy to the point I can't move my cursor and ending up having to force shut off my laptop. Also when even doing simple things, my laptop gets hot.( yes I have a cooling pad) Last time it acted this way, was because of dust, which I checked again, and it's not dusty at all. I also cleaned up some things and scanned several times. What I'm wondering is my fan not working correctly?( it seems to blow a small amount of air but not as much as it used too) Or is it something on my laptop causing it to act up? I know it's not the best laptop for gaming but I was able to play through the new Tomb Raider game on almost high settings and now it freezes after 5 min.

Dell Inspiron N7110
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU@2.30GHz
Ram: 6.00 GB (5.90 usable)
64- bit Operating system Windows 7
Display: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
NVIDIA GeForce GT 575M

 
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JOOK-D
It definitely seems temp related. There are a couple of things you could do:

1) Get a can of compressed air, open up the laptop and clean out all of the dust, especially out of the CPU heatsink (I see you've done it before, but I don't know how extensively).
2) Occasionally cooling pads can be more of a detriment than a benefit. Try placing something under each corner of the laptop and allowing some clearance beneath it instead of placing it flat on something.
3) If it comes to this, you could replace the thermal paste on the CPU. If you don't know what you're doing it might be best to take it to a shop and ask them to do it for you.
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It definitely seems temp related. There are a couple of things you could do:

1) Get a can of compressed air, open up the laptop and clean out all of the dust, especially out of the CPU heatsink (I see you've done it before, but I don't know how extensively).
2) Occasionally cooling pads can be more of a detriment than a benefit. Try placing something under each corner of the laptop and allowing some clearance beneath it instead of placing it flat on something.
3) If it comes to this, you could replace the thermal paste on the CPU. If you don't know what you're doing it might be best to take it to a shop and ask them to do it for you.
 
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