New dell laptop heat problem?
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My f series vaio is getting really hot recently too, and the fans are going into overdrive even just idling on desktop 
not sure why or even if its still covered by warranty ( about 1.5 years old) . It has got an i7 and integrated nvidia 2xx m so that could account for it but it's getting really bad.
It even could barely run a bbc hd show on a second screen :l (really stuttered like extreme hardware lag until unwatchable)
Any ideas for fixes?
not sure why or even if its still covered by warranty ( about 1.5 years old) . It has got an i7 and integrated nvidia 2xx m so that could account for it but it's getting really bad.
It even could barely run a bbc hd show on a second screen :l (really stuttered like extreme hardware lag until unwatchable)
Any ideas for fixes?
My f series vaio is getting really hot recently too, and the fans are going into overdrive even just idling on desktop
not sure why or even if its still covered by warranty ( about 1.5 years old) . It has got an i7 and integrated nvidia 2xx m so that could account for it but it's getting really bad.
It even could barely run a bbc hd show on a second screen :l (really stuttered like extreme hardware lag until unwatchable)
Any ideas for fixes?
Try cleaning the fan, could be full of dust.
No.
You can try fishing out any dust in the cooling system but as you say it's brand new it's not likely to be choked with dust.
Fact is it's a moderate gaming computer but with less cooling power in total than one stock intel cooler. Any kind of sustained work over a long time like playing a video will get it heated up easily and it's not good at losing heat.