Cooling
Why Is My Laptop Overheating?
Roaring fans, boiling chassis surfaces, and sudden automatic thermal safety shutdowns signal severe cooling loop breakdown. Learn the mechanics of thermal failure and recovery.
Thermal factor 1
Felted Dust Carpets on Heatsink Exhaust Fins
Centrifugal blower fans ingest ambient dust, pet dander, and fibers. These accumulate into an impermeable felt pad right against the copper heatsink fins, choking airflow completely.
Thermal factor 2
Chalked, Degraded OEM Thermal Compound
Factory thermal paste dries out into hardened chalk after 24–36 months. As microscopic air gaps form between the bare silicon die and copper heat pipe, thermal conductivity plunges.
Thermal factor 3
Long-Term Risks of Chronic Heat Exposure
Persistent 95°C+ operating temperatures cause solder micro-fractures under dedicated GPU/CPU BGA chips, degrade battery cell longevity, and permanently scorch motherboard power phases.
On-site visits in East Sussex
RoamTech comes to your home across Hastings, Bexhill, St Leonards, and Eastbourne. The deep clean is done on that visit. A deep clean is £45. Fan clean and thermal repaste alongside another repair is +£20.