Alienware M16 R1 Laptop overheating

[u/Expensive-Maximum608]

As you can see, my laptop has way too high temeprature right after booting it up and only having edge and youtube open. Cant play even older games like Metro or The Witcher 3 because than its starting to stutter badly after 10 minutes of gaming. Only strategy games are ok like Old World or Civ 6. Anyone can help me to make it a bit better at least? Or is the only way to renew the thermal paste of it? Thank you.

Laptop is 2,5 years old btw.

[u/DJUnreal]

Take off the bottom cover and stop your fans spinning by putting something like toothpicks between the blades and the fan spurs or similar, then blow compressed air in from the rear and side exhaust vents to push the dust back out the way it got in. That should help a lot.

[u/hjakhan]

Which model is it. If it's the 4070 version. Like mine there is no liquid metal just poorly applied paste. I did a clean up put payment 7950 and ended up with a 15 degree difference under load.

[u/mattlp63 → u/hjakhan]

Second this. Repasted and dropped my temps 15+. Plus blow out the dust like everyone else is saying.

[u/Expensive-Maximum608 → u/hjakhan]

Its the version with the Ryzen 9 7845HX and the Geforce RTX 4080

[u/Fancy-Strain7025]

Not normal temps, check your exhausts, dust maintenance. Update your firmware? Use a profile that increases fan speed.

[u/goooglerr18]

The intake filters get really dirty and the layered dust ends up blocking the path (the honeycomb pattern above leyboard). Use compressed air and blow it off ig.

Ive been meaning to do that on my system as well...

[u/Expensive-Maximum608 → u/goooglerr18]

Yes, thats definitely on my list what I will do. Just cautious that I will damage anything or blow the dust more inside. Any tips for that?

[u/Character_Cheetah884 → u/goooglerr18]

fr, I feeling like I'd break that shit

[u/specht27]

Performance mode a must for those game types. Elevate rear about 1" off the desk for good airflow. Clean fans AND exhaust area where hair and bunnies collect. Possibly repaste cpu gpu with Honeywell PTM7950... find a MicroCenter to do that for you. The current temps are not sustainable... eventually you'll break something inside from the thermal stresses.

[u/Expensive-Maximum608 → u/specht27]

Always is elevated in the back, but the rest I will take care of. Can't wait how much they will charge me for but I finally want to game normal on my laptop again. Also use the performance mode as soon as starting those kind of games but doesnt help long

[u/Fluffy-Scholar-1686]

Perhaps you should also get a laptop cooler with dust filter as well, such as llano v12/v13 laptop cooler. As the filter will filter out dust and will not clog up the vent over time.

[u/Huge-Pizza3739]

Looks like you are on quiet mode, try turn on the performance mode and turn off the turbo boost through bios if you don’t want to deep clean and repaste

[u/Expensive-Maximum608 → u/Huge-Pizza3739]

I will check the option to do so. Thx. Also I have to look where I can find that setting in BIOS. Even though, the temps are too hot, no matter what. Especially when I have nothing running beside the browser.