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Thanks for your lengthy reply Wonderon! I agree that the model is great and overall it's been an excellent machine ever since. As I mentioned, a friend of ours (experienced computer tech) opened and re-pasted everything a while back, however, it only helped for a week. I will definitely not be...

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It's integrated GPU that gets crazy hot so obviously it affects the CPU. I can't disable it because of the Nvidia Optimus horror - if only I could! And no, it's not fine to have 70C degrees idle CPU. Especially if on some days it's much cooler than on others while ambient temps don't change...

Hi guys! My wife's old yet still very capable laptop has been giving us hard time for the last couple of years. We tried to tackle this issue in the past but with little to no success. About two years after its purchase it started randomly overheat. With randomly being the keyword. Most of...