Hardware Overheating problem HELP!

Danthebugg

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My question is in regards to my Laptop (Acer Aspire 7736G) which I have had for 4 years (give or take). It previously has had problems of rebooting unexpectedly, which was diagnosed as a overheating problem and resulted in the motherboard being replaced by PC World (Which was quoted £120!!).
For a while this fixed the problem but now the issue is repeating itself and the laptop turns itself off after being used for more than 20 minutes and the start-up and general speed of basic tasks are extremely slow comparing to when I first bought it (Which for a 2.2 GHz T6600 Intel Core Duo processor with 4gbs RAM is DEFINITELY NOT NORMAL!!! #ExtemelyFrustrating!!)

I fear there is a deeper issue involving the CPU overheating and in-turn overheating the motherboard and frying both in the process (which PC World failed to detect any CPU issue at all :/ and simply repaced the motherboard) .

My question is should I replace the CPU and motherboard to fix it once and for all which should be cheaper than buying a brand new laptop or scrap it for parts and ebay the parts individualy ?

P.S. The new laptop equivalent would set me back around £500 ish (I need at least an i5 cpu and 17.3 inch screen)
 
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You can use "RealTemp" or "CPUTemp" to see if the temps are really the issue. If so, you could Google "aftermarket laptop coolers" and see if one will make a difference.

Otherwise, I doubt replacing the mobo and CPU on a 4-year-old laptop will be cost effective. Unless you know someone really good who will do it on the cheap.

Rapajez

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You can use "RealTemp" or "CPUTemp" to see if the temps are really the issue. If so, you could Google "aftermarket laptop coolers" and see if one will make a difference.

Otherwise, I doubt replacing the mobo and CPU on a 4-year-old laptop will be cost effective. Unless you know someone really good who will do it on the cheap.

 
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