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Air coming out of laptop really hot

slovenianbedrock

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Oct 18, 2014
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Hello, I've bought a new Asus laptop a few days ago. It's got an i7-4510U and GT840m. I'm very satisfied with it, but I'm slightly worried because when I'm doing some heavy stuff the air pumped out becomes really hot (for example during stress testing or gaming).
Idle temp: 40°C
Max load temp: 56°C

The keyboard, palm rest etc. doesn't get hot though.

I'm just worried maybe it's running too hot and I should watch what I'm doing or maybe lift it a bit during heavy load?
 
Where do you expect the heat the computer generates to go?

As long as the monitored temps are fine (i.e. stays below 90-95C) then you don't have to worry.
 
Solution
Your laptop has sent the service did not ? if not, you should send it for servicing. service is a service performed fan and put a new thermal paste at processor. if left too long, may affect the motherboard.