My younger brother recently got a new Compaq laptop for his birthday. At first it was fine, he could play World of Warcraft on it all day while resting it on his bed. It never rose about 75C then, but now, no matter what he is doing on it, the laptop shuts off from overheating. I turned it on about a half an hour ago and left it on the kitchen table on idle. Then I just checked SpeedFan and both the GPU and CPU are over 100C! The fan is on max and there is plenty of room for it to breath. What could be the underlying cause of this?
Edit - Had to type it fast at first cause I was actually using the laptop to type the question and was scared it was going to shut off on me.
Edit - Had to type it fast at first cause I was actually using the laptop to type the question and was scared it was going to shut off on me.