My computer's running hot?

Question

Is there any way to prevent it from running so hot? It isn't even on for very long, 4 or 5 minutes, before it heats up, and the fan is always running. What can I do?

Answer 1

Maybe you should take the side off and take a vacum and do the reverse blow to get the dust out that makes computers run cruddy alot. If its a laptop blow the fans on the bottom out.

Answer 2

the most common cause of a computer heating up too quickly is blocked vents this slows down air flow inside and causes the fans to work harder to cool the components down

desktop

open side case and vacuum the motherboard (whilst the computer is turned off) and also vaccum tower fan and grill

laptop

if you know what you are doing then open it up and do the same as a desktop and clean the motherboard and fans the same way but as its more tricky to open a laptop then a solution is a can of compressed air will do the trick buy one from any hardware store and blast out the vents at the bottom and side this will get rid of built of dirt and crud that accumulates over time and make the laptop run cooler

if this fails to help then update your BIOS as it will redefine the operating temperatures

hope this helps