Question Dell Inspiron laptop is running hot ?

[kash80]

I have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron 5505 which has been running hot lately. Monitoring the CPU /GPU temps thru NZXT shows temps hovering around 80-90 deg C. I have opened the case and cleaned the fan and other cooling parts for any dust and blockage. This laptop has an AMD Ryzen 5 4000 series processor with Radeon graphics. Here's a screenshot when I am copying some files from local drive to external hard drive. No browser running.

https://imgur.com/3e8boax

I have updated the drivers to the latest version using the Dell Support tool and windows is updated as well. Any pointers on what I can do next? Remove heat sink and apply thermal paste?

 

[hedwar2011]

New thermal paste certainly wouldn't hurt if you're comfortable with doing so.
- Is it hovering around 80-90 deg C under load or just at idle?
- Boot into the BIOS or even Safe Mode and see if it still heats up.

 

[kash80]

New thermal paste certainly wouldn't hurt if you're comfortable with doing so.
- Is it hovering around 80-90 deg C under load or just at idle?
- Boot into the BIOS or even Safe Mode and see if it still heats up.

It was hovering at the high temps at idle. I did go ahead and change the thermal paste, seems to be working fine so far. Temps are in the 35-50 range when idle. It went to 85-90 when converting a zoom video recording. 🤞

 

[hedwar2011]

It was hovering at the high temps at idle. I did go ahead and change the thermal paste, seems to be working fine so far. Temps are in the 35-50 range when idle. It went to 85-90 when converting a zoom video recording. 🤞

Sounds within normal ranges to me.