My Notebook Seems to be Overheating

[Bill_F]

My notebook seems to be overheating, what can I do?

Bill

[Futureperfect · Accepted solution]

For best practices in reducing heat or preventing overheating please see the folowing document:

HP Notebook PCs - Reducing Heat Inside the Laptop to Prevent Overheating
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01657439

[ieio]

last but not least, check the status of the CPU thermal paste as it usually dries up after 3-5years of usage.

in order to apply the new thermal paste you need to disassemble the pc, so it is always a better choice to ask a technician to take care of the process

[RJ07]

I had the same problem, although I'm running Win 8.1. First, Windows 10 uses a lot of background resources, and it is constantly updating, causing more load and heating up the processor core. Personally, I don't like, want, or use Windows 10.  In my case, even though updates did not work, it was set to automatically update. The enigma was that when I checked my background  processes for CPU  load, it didn't show up.  I noticed the CPU was idling at 3.5 GHz, when it should be under 2 GHz. This overheating caused the fan to be on constantly.  When I rurned off updates it idled down, cooled off, and the fan stop running. In Windows 10, it is not that easy to completly disable updates, but possible.

[peter11742]

Hi RJ07.

My lap top was the same way.

I fix it by inserting thermo pad insulation  on the CPU. I also cleaned the cooling fan.

Now I am running win 10  64 bit without any issue.

Good luck.

Peter11742