AMD A8-4500M Overheating?

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Hello there,recently i have noticed that my laptop is having some heavy frame rate drops so i messed with drivers and what not when i decided to check the cpu speed....
In windows at idle this cpu runs at 2.3GHz and a few cores keep jumping at 2.8GHz so when i launch a game (WOW) the cpu speed keep dropping down slowly until it reaches 1.9GHz,sometimes goes lower then that...
Then i checked the temps and fount out something really weird,here you go a screenshots and hopefully somebody can tell me if this is a software or sensor bug or just and overheating chip?

http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=nvlS1L5AwLN8Z7nb9DIR5oh4l5k2TGxc#.VHUQ64vF9tM

http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=nvlS1L5AwLND1yFtAI9OZYh4l5k2TGxc#.VHUQa4vF9tM
 
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Idling with a thermal margin of only 11C is still too hot. I think throttling is at 100C or a bit over. At idle the CPU should be running at max 60C and gaming max 80C ie margins of 40 and 20C.

A lot of it will be dust. Try what I suggested.

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I wouldn't trust temps from HW Monitor. Especially with AMD monos.

Can you get this info from bios? eg with uefi (bios interfacing) software that came with your laptop?

Or try downloading HWInfo and using 'Sensors'.

Overdrive shows 2.3GHz at 1.2V but a temp margin of 2C - which is realistic. But still too hot. Even for these cpus which run pretty hot anyway.

Remove the covers and blow the dust out of the laptop. Use a good laptop cooler
 
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Idling with a thermal margin of only 11C is still too hot. I think throttling is at 100C or a bit over. At idle the CPU should be running at max 60C and gaming max 80C ie margins of 40 and 20C.

A lot of it will be dust. Try what I suggested.

 
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