PC overheating problem

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There are many ways by which you can solve this problem, but they involve tracing the root cause. Is your PC old? You may want to try cleaning the fans and ensuring that there is proper airflow in the casing, or the chassis if you're using a laptop. You may also want to try reapplying thermal paste to your CPU or graphics card. In this case, you should also determine what is overheating in the first place. Download software such as HWMonitor to see your system components' temperatures:

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

Any figure on the CPU or GPU on load that is over 90C is cause for concern. If you are not doing anything particularly intensive on your computer, but your CPU or GPU are still running at temperatures like...

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There are many ways by which you can solve this problem, but they involve tracing the root cause. Is your PC old? You may want to try cleaning the fans and ensuring that there is proper airflow in the casing, or the chassis if you're using a laptop. You may also want to try reapplying thermal paste to your CPU or graphics card. In this case, you should also determine what is overheating in the first place. Download software such as HWMonitor to see your system components' temperatures:

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

Any figure on the CPU or GPU on load that is over 90C is cause for concern. If you are not doing anything particularly intensive on your computer, but your CPU or GPU are still running at temperatures like 70 or 80C, then that means the cooling system has become inadequate.

 
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