How to Fix if Laptop Overheating While Gaming

Your laptop overheated while gaming? Don't worry, MiniTool provides you with a solution! This article will introduce some measures to help you solve the problem of overheating your laptop while gaming and charging, and to keep your data safe.

Is it normal to have fever during gaming on laptops?

The heat generated during use of the laptop, causing the temperature to rise, especially when running large games. Many users are worried that overheating of laptops during gaming will affect the lifespan of the computer.

Laptop temperature is related to load. Generally speaking, the normal temperature is as follows:

• Standby temperature: about 40℃.
• Light load temperature (watch video): 45-60℃.
• Low load temperature (watch live): within 60℃.
• High load temperature (game, rendering): about 70℃ is in the normal range.

As long as the laptop temperature remains within the normal range, the computer will not be damaged. But if the CPU temperature continues to be above 75 degrees, some measures may be needed to cool the computer.

How to solve the problem of overheating your laptop while gaming

Method 1: Perform basic troubleshooting steps

If your laptop is overheating while gaming, you can try these simple steps:

• Clean computer dust: Turn off the computer and clean the laptop fan and heat sink with a soft brush or cotton swab.
• When using a computer, place it on a hard and smooth platform, not on a blanket or other soft materials. If the computer vent is blocked, the laptop cannot dissipate heat in time.
• Do not use your laptop in very hot environments to prevent the computer temperature from rising rapidly.
• When gaming, use a cooling base to discharge air between electronic components and radiator, improving the heat dissipation effect of the laptop.

Method 2: End unnecessary tasks

If your laptop is overheated while gaming, in addition to the general steps mentioned above, check if there are too many programs running. When the computer runs too many programs, the CPU, memory, graphics card, hard disk, motherboard, etc. will generate a lot of heat, causing the computer to overheat.

Step 1. Right-click the Windows logo button on the taskbar and select Task Manager .

Step 2. Select the unnecessary program and click the End Task button.

Method 3: Change the power settings

If the computer always runs the game with maximum processor speed, it may cause the laptop to overheat. Adjusting power settings to customize how your computer is used and saves power is an effective solution.

Step 1. Press the Windows R key combination to open the run window.

Step 2. In the pop-up text box, type powercfg.cpl and press Enter .

Step 3. In the new window, make sure to select the Balance (Recommended) option or the Power Saving option. Then, click Change Schedule Settings next to the selected option.

Step 4. Click Change Advanced Power Settings .

Step 5. In the new window, scroll down to expand Processor Power Management > Maximum Processor Status . Then, adjust the value to 99 instead of 100.

Back up files or restore files deleted due to overheating of your laptop

If your computer is overheated, it may damage the hard drive or other hardware, resulting in data loss. Therefore, it is crucial to back up important files.

MiniTool ShadowMaker is a professional and powerful file backup solution. It can effectively back up files/folders, partitions/disks and Windows operating systems. So if your files are deleted, you can restore them using the backup image. You can download the trial version to protect your files for free within 30 days.

If you need to recover deleted files without backing up files, MiniTool Power Data Recovery is worth a try. It is a professional and green data recovery tool that can effectively recover various files, including documents, videos, pictures, audio files, etc.

You can use the free version to check if you can find deleted items and recover 1 GB of files for free. Only three steps ( scan , preview , and save ) to retrieve deleted or lost files.

This article details how to fix files deleted due to overheating: How to fix laptop overheating and save your data?

Conclusion

Laptop overheating while gaming and charging? Please relax and implement the above method to solve this problem.

Also, it is worth noting that you need to back up important items just in case.

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