Lenovo ThinkPad P50s Overheating

If you run your Lenovo ThinkPad P50s laptop and it begins to progressively overheat, follow the steps below to get your laptop to a moderate temperature:

Certain software programs, background tasks, or drivers can cause excessive CPU or GPU usage, generating more heat than the cooling system can handle. To remedy this you can try exiting out of any programs not in use. Then proceed to free up some storage on your laptop by deleting old files, drivers, or programs that aren't essential to your everyday use.

The thermal paste that helps transfer heat from the CPU and GPU to the heatsink can dry out or degrade over time, reducing its effectiveness and leading to overheating. Applying fresh thermal paste should help.

If the laptop's cooling fan or heatsink is not functioning properly, it cannot effectively dissipate the heat generated by the internal components, leading to overheating. Therefore, it will need to be replaced with a functioning cooling fan that is compatible with the laptop. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to replace your cooling fan.

Malfunctioning or failing components, such as the battery, CPU, GPU, or motherboard, can cause overheating. To diagnose which component is causing the laptop to overheat you can use a number of free software applications such as HWMonitor, Core Temp, etc. Leading to the replacement of the faulty component.