Laptop gets pretty hot

[87RB30VL]

So basically I've had my laptop, Toshiba Satellite, for a fair while now, and I've noticed it's usually always pumping out hot air from the left side vent
(near ESC, TAB etc keys) & was wondering if cleaning my fan would help? I can hear the fan, and it seems to be running normally/not blocked or stuck or anything. It runs really quiet the majority of the time, and when I load games or whatever it gets a bit louder, but normal loud for a laptop.

Like, it was so hot at one stage, that it warped my GF's mouse pad when it was sitting sort of on the pad lol.

Here's my temperatures as of now:



Here's where the hot air blows out from:

[wraith]

If it's sitting flat raise it up with a couple bottle lids on the corners or something.

[87RB30VL]

It has little feet underneath, about as high as 1 & a half bottle caps, so it's pretty high off the table. I guess it just runs hot, though I might see how much it will cost to get cleaned with compressed air internally, not just the fan. Maybe that will help

[HoZy]

Is that an Aerial socket?

If so

My Mind = BLOWN!

[TVR-190]

Buy a cooling pad, I used one on my old laptop, but if you are using a laptop for stuff like gaming it will cook eventually, they just cant handle intensive tasks, especially in summer

[wraith]

Mine would randomly shut down etc. I had a look and the intake port is actually under the laptop itself. 1 roll of tape in the middle to raise it and I haven't had a problem since.

[skappascrap]

I found a program called RM Clock online, its free.
All it does is let you change the voltage to your processor and other cool stuff like the processor throttle which helps performance at the same time, I have actually noticed a difference from it.
No cooling fan for me

[87RB30VL]

Is that an Aerial socket?

If so

My Mind = BLOWN!

Prepare for your mind to = BLOWN:

[87RB30VL]

I found a program called RM Clock online, its free.
All it does is let you change the voltage to your processor and other cool stuff like the processor throttle which helps performance at the same time, I have actually noticed a difference from it.
No cooling fan for me

I'll have a look, thanks!

I'll also try raising it up a bit more, maybe stick some rubber raisers on top of the stock raisers.

[skappascrap]

Forgot to add, mine is always on my lap so there isn't much air flow to come in, but it STILL stays really cool

[87RB30VL]

Well I just ran my fan test again and it's still showing temps in thr 50's even though it's making no noise and is hardly even pumping air out (I'm not doing anything that needs crazy fan speeds so meh)

[TVR-190]

laptop cooler | eBay

[87RB30VL]

I have on of these, but it doesnt have fans. my brothers mate made it at work one day:

BAM

I might buy some small fans from Dick Smith and wire them up to the stand. I don't like using mine much cos it scratches the shit out of anything you put it on, so I'll have to buy rubber pads for under it. It does work well.

[Rufys]

Here's my temperatures as of now:

That's not hot....

[87RB30VL]

That's not hot....

I was getting temps of 86 on all 4 cores earlier lol

[hutch892]

If yours is anything like mine, there will be bulk fluff behind the fins shown the the pictures. Mines attached to the heatsink on the GPU, need to take the back cover off to access (just have to undo a few screws, pretty simple). The temperature drops by like 10 degrees after it gets cleaned. And Rufys if they are idle temperatures then they are on the high side, nothing extreme though. Mine is currently running GPU around 40, and CPU 55-60 which is about as low as I get, when running programs, GPU will get over 60, CPU up to 80, then computer shits itself and decides to shutdown. The temperature will of course depend on the ambient temperature of the room the machine is in. which in OP's case don't know so it may actually be perfectly fine.