This has been going on for a While Now with My Older Gateway Laptop 7215GX From The Point i Turn it on The fans kick in on high and Hot Air Just comes out the back. When it boots its slower than it used to be ( i have no viruses and i recently had to put in another HDD in) but it still runs slow and hot. Its been through a lot and i wounder if something may have gotten knocked out. Every time i check The CPU Temp is always at 140F And either goes up but never goes down even When its been off for a while. Its bugging Me Its very slow even though i have put upgrades in it. Like i said it never used to be this slow I also have bought a Laptop Pad to keep it off the ground i have done everything to keep it off the ground and carpet I have Cleaned the dust out and Still no luck If there anything i can do to cool it down ?


try one of these laptop coolers
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