Laptop getting hot above F2-F11

[BenHicks5696]

I have recently purchased a laptop from PCSpecialist.

After about a week of using it i noticed that the fans have stopped making a noise and after about 20 minutes of it being on starts to get really hot over the F2-F11 areas. Does anyone have any ideas what this could be and any information to help would be greatly appreciated.

I have attached some images of where it is getting hot. they are all taken 15-20 mins after being turned on.

Cheers
Ben

 

[steaky360]

Do the fans turn back on if you leave the machine running?

That does seem rather toasty, you could perhaps tweak the fan profile to have them come on earlier see if that alleviates the issue?

 

[debiruman665]

The heat sink is likely located right under there

 

[TheNameIsJambo]

How old is your laptop?! Have you been using it on a bed, or such?

You'll be amazed at how much dust can get trapped betwixt those minuscule heat-dissipating fins. I'd blitz it with compressed air, undoubtedly something will be ejected. I had an old HP laptop that I used for work, and eventually it got so hot you could have fried an egg with it. I believe you're meant to blast the dust out every few months. I give my laptops a quick blast with air once a month (if I remember) and it does make a difference.

In respect to my egg frying HP, I got the IT chap to blast compressed air (not from a can, from a compressor!) into the heatsink area and - fortunately for everyone in the vicinity - he was looking directly into the air's flow-path... PUUUFFFF... Out came an ungodly amount of stour. He looked like one of the Sticky Bandits in home alone when he was covered in cement. In any case, the laptop returned to business as usual.

Even the smallest amount of dust build-up can cause your laptop temperatures to rise significantly.

 

[BenHicks5696]

How old is your laptop?! Have you been using it on a bed, or such?

You'll be amazed at how much dust can get trapped betwixt those minuscule heat-dissipating fins. I'd blitz it with compressed air, undoubtedly something will be ejected. I had an old HP laptop that I used for work, and eventually it got so hot you could have fried an egg with it. I believe you're meant to blast the dust out every few months. I give my laptops a quick blast with air once a month (if I remember) and it does make a difference.

In respect to my egg frying HP, I got the IT chap to blast compressed air (not from a can, from a compressor!) into the heatsink area and - fortunately for everyone in the vicinity - he was looking directly into the air's flow-path... PUUUFFFF... Out came an ungodly amount of stour. He looked like one of the Sticky Bandits in home alone when he was covered in cement. In any case, the laptop returned to business as usual.

Even the smallest amount of dust build-up can cause your laptop temperatures to rise significantly.

Hi thanks for your response i wouldn't have thought about the dust as its a fairly new laptop only about 2-3 weeks old. when i first got it i could hear the fans working but now theres no sound at all like there not even spinning anymore

 

[TheNameIsJambo]

Hi thanks for your response i wouldn't have thought about the dust as its a fairly new laptop only about 2-3 weeks old. when i first got it i could hear the fans working but now theres no sound at all like there not even spinning anymore

Is there a keyboard shortcut that changes the fan profiles? For example: "Quiet", "Off,", "Max", "Auto". Most laptops will have Fn keys that allow you to change power/performance/fan profiles/

I'm new to Clevo laptops (assuming yours is Clevo), but I've been informed that Clevo do a management suite which allows you to adjust your fan profiles. You may have inadvertently turned your fans off by mashing some of the wrong Fn and F-keys. I've even turned off my webcam several times and spent ages troubleshooting it until I re-realise there's an Fn key for it.