[Twizted]

I have a cooling pad but it only rotates up to about 2000RPM and I don't feel it cools the CPU enough. Therefore, when I'm playing some games (most time it shuts down while playing FIFA 14), even with Game Booster's gaming plan, the computer shuts down. What can I do in order to prevent the CPU from overheating? It shuts down at about 80єC.

[GWMPT]

Clean your CPU fan, that would be a good idea.
Or / and add a new thermal paste in it.

If it keeps overheating, try to get a faster cooling pad..

[BleverCastard]

EDIT: ^ beat me to it.

[AlonzoTorres]

It's good that it actually turns itself off instead of burning itself. Try to clean the fan from any dirt that prevents ventilation.

[Bashur]

OR, if you know much about computers you can try and put in another fan

[Twizted]

It's a laptop, I don't think there's enough room for another fan.

[Astralis]

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Originally Posted by Twizted It's a laptop, I don't think there's enough room for another fan.

Actually I had the same issue, last month. Temperature went around 80-90c instantly and shut down like after 1 min since laptop was on. Fans were working, but the last days it turned into that it had completely stopped working, because of the dust. We just had to clean the fans, took out some parts of the laptop to reach them, then we had put them back again, once fans were cleaned. If you cant do it by your own, just contact someone who takes and repairs/fixes computers, it will cost some cash.

Also, its recommended to clean your fans from dust, if you got a laptop, every year.

And now, it only reaches like ~50-60c temperature.

[RajatPawar]

I actually get in my room, turn on my AC and sit directly near it to play, seems so straightforward and stupid, but it works I can even get FC3 to run on high without any FPS drops!

[Mauzen]

Undervolting is by far the easiest and fastest way to reduce the CPU temp. E.g. 22nm intel core i cpus can be undervolted really well, resulting in like 15% less power consumption, so 15% less heat generation, which canmake a difference of 10-15°c. What does it cost? Nothing. What are the risks? None (overvolting is the opposite and may void your warranty, undervolting is safe and the worst thing that could happen is a bluescreen that tells you to increase the voltage a bit again)

For laptops? (why the hell is everyone buying a laptop and expecting awesome gaming performance from it?) If it isnt some noname-like thing, undervolting should also be possible in the laptop bios. Just check it, reduce the cpu/vcore voltage a bit (not too big steps, they will just result in windows not running at all and you need to increase them again) Then in windows try something like prime95 to see if its still running stable, and speedfan for the temperatures. Laptop CPUs are more economic and got their own ways to keep the vcore as low as possible, so the results wont be any close to what you get on a desktop machine, but there should still be some room for a few degrees reduction.

If this doesnt help, underclock the cpu, so you can decrease the voltage even more. Check internet guides for this, this requires quite some time and experimentation, but still you cant damage anything with underclocking, unless you go below the bios minimums and cant even start the bios setup to restore the values anymore

Eventually, you can do the same with the graphics card. Laptops often got poor cooling systems where cpu and gpu are directly connected to safe some room.

If you dont like underclocking, rather take some more pauses while gaming to keep it cool.

And if you dont like pauses, yeah, thats why you dont buy laptops for gaming.

[Twizted]

That's not the thing. My computer could easily run FIFA 14 and not shut down, but now it's being a total pain in the ass. I'll look at those suggestions.