Laptops are way more than just a slew of powerful components crammed into a tight space (a bit like a tin of sardines!). The ...

It's not your cooler or thermal paste that's the problem.

Well, I'm pretty sure it isn't SOP to replace the CPU fan. I think that the fan just got borked after all the time you've used it. Then again, maybe not. If you want to ask that they replace the CPU, ...

Repasting is cheap and easy to do, generally. I'd give that a shot. While you're doing that, make sure no dust bunnies have built a nest in the heatsink fins. Modern systems will park cores and do ...