Is your laptop overheating? 5 proven ways to solve it

Every laptop has a ventilation system. The ventilation system present in the CPU helps in transferring the heat of the laptop outside.

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You are hard at work on your laptop when suddenly it starts to heat up, slow down, and maybe even stall. Is your laptop overheating? We've all been there. Laptops can get too hot-and suffer long-term damage-when they run multiple applications at the same time. 

Why laptop gets heated? 

Every laptop has a ventilation system. The ventilation system present in the CPU helps in transferring the heat of the laptop outside. Sometimes, due to dust, the ventilation system of the laptop does not work properly. Due to which the laptop starts heating up.

How to fix it? 

Clean ventilation system

The first thing you need to do is clean the ventilation system. You can get the ventilation system cleaned by taking the help of a laptop engineer. If you want, you can also clean the laptop parts yourself with a soft brush.

Use original charger

Many people do not use the original charger to charge the laptop. If you are also making this mistake with your laptop, then be careful now. Using local charger not only affects the battery of the laptop but it also causes your laptop to heat up. (Do follow these tips while charging your smartphone)

Don't overcharge

Many times we overcharge the laptop, we should not do this even by mistake. Laptop often gets heated due to overcharging. While charging the laptop, pay special attention to the charging time and remove the charger immediately after the battery is full.

Remove dust from laptop 

Modern-day laptops usually feature CPU fans to enusre proper ventilation. A laptop is more prone to collecting dust over time when compared to devices like smartphones. If your laptop is overheating, the first thing that you need to check is if there is lot of dust accumulated in the air. 

Use a laptop cooling pad 

Even if your laptop has an internal CPU cooling fan, buying an external cooling pad for your laptop might help remove excess heat while charging and performing heavy tasks.