Why is my laptop getting hot? and what should I do?

[Lid4]

Hi everyone!

Im not a very tech savvy person but I have a HP Pavilion 15-eg0000 Laptop and recently the left side of the laptop has gotten warm as I use it and this has been going on for around 2 weeks but the right side has always remained cool.

But today as I used my laptop both the left and the right side of the laptop has gotten warm and I am a little concerned.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Why was the left side getting warm and now the right side aswell?

And is there anything I can do to help my laptop?

Thank you so much for anyone reading this!!

[BeemerBiker · Accepted solution]

Cleaning without opening the PC

How to use air duster from WIKI how
https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Laptop-with-Compressed-Air

General instructions for cleaning from HP tech.
https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/how-to-clean-your-laptop#

This HP video shows how to clean air vents on your laptop.

To mitigate the heat problem you should use a laptop cooler.

I recommend you keep the CPU out of turbo mode. Edit the power plan and set the maximum processor speed to %99 for when plugged in and a smaller value if just on batteries

Enter the phrase 'edit power plan' in the window search box
Then select the 'Advanced' tab

To keep the CPU from overheating , consider
using %99 instead of %100. This keeps the CPU out of turbo mode.

[Lid4]

Thank you Beemer! I truly appreciate your help