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g551jx overheat during antivirus scan

biswa112

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Apr 26, 2011
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hey recently i bought a g551jx and the problem is during mcafee full scan the temp went around 70 deg and max was 80 deg which was reported by cpu-z.
is this a problem for which i should worry ,after the scan was over the temp went o normal around 35 to 45 .?
 
All you can do is make sure its clean and cool.

remove the covers and blow any dust out. use a good laptop cooler.
 


its just a new laptop purchased yesterday only .