Why is my laptop over heating?

Hello.

I don't know what you have checked and what not, but I assume that you haven't opened it up.

First you need to open the case of the laptop. I am not completely sure on how to do that, but
you will figure it out. It will be some screws on the bottom, and there may be even some under
any rubber pads that it is supposed to sit so it doesn't slip. They can even be under stickers, so
be careful not to miss any screw and try to pull the cover off, because you will break it if it still
has a screw somewhere. (As you probably can understand, I don't have an HP Omen, so theI can't
tell you where the screws are hidden. You'll have to do that yourself.)

Then, it is probably one of these two issues :

• Either the laptop is full of dust
• Or the thermal paste has dried out (unlikely to be the cause of high temperatures, but can add up to the overheating)

To clean the dust out of the laptop, use a compressed air can. These can be found for just 3-4 bucks. They are not very good
for the planet and the environment, since they are chemicals, but what can you do.

Hold the fan with your finger so it doesn't spin, and blow out the dust.

Also, blow out any other dust you see, like between the cooler grades, and in other places.

Note : Make sure that the ventilation holes of the laptop are not being obstructed, so the dust can come out.

Note 2 : Hold the can of air upright, or else, the compressed chemical will come out of the can, which is very cold
and can even give you frostbite. (It is probably not gonna cause damage to your computer). It is also gonna run|
out faster if the chemical is getting out.

Note 3 : Don't blow the dust from the ventilation holes towards the inside of the laptop, since this will cause the dust
to go in deeper, and while probably make your issues even worse.

Note 4 : Don't use something like a Swiffer, because this will create static electricity, which is likely to break something.

To re-apply the thermal paste, it is way more difficult. You can look that up on a video on YouTube, because it is kind of hard
to understand how to do it by reading text, but essentially what you will do is :

• Remove the 4 screws around the CPU
• Make sure the cooling pipes and the end of them aren't attached somewhere else (they probably will be)
• Lift the whole thing up
• Use alcohol, paper and q-tips to remove the old thermal paste from the cooling block and from the CPU
• Apply the new thermal paste (I would suggest Noctua's - It is probably the best one)
• Re-install the cooling system and screw the screws around the CPU. I would suggest to first remove the 2
  in a diagonal line, and then the other two in the other diagonal line afterwards, since it may cause it to pop
  up, if it is completely unscrewed on the left side and completely screwed on the right side (I know what I just said is very confusing)
• Close the laptop

If those doesn't help, it could be something else, more complicated.

Also, look at any manuals with pictures, or any videos, so you fully understand how to do these things, because
else, you can damage your laptop.

Tell me if you managed to make it work correctly.

- Stratos