Thermal event shutdowns...

My computer has started running REALLY hot (thermal event shutdowns) when trying to watch Flash videos. It seems others have been experiencing issues with the latest Flash being a resource hog as well. I posted in the malware forums and I think we can rule that out. I tried I8kfan (temps get 80+ C with flash videos running and fan on max, my processor has a 100 C T-junction) and it has helped considerably, but I would rather get to the root of the problem. Other than the heat issue, my computer has acted normal. The fan seems OK, so I'm afraid it could be a capacitor or a thermal paste issue. I can't get into that with my laptop, I afraid. Not sure what's going on, but I would definitely appreciate some help.

 

Thanks. These are being veiwed in the browser window. I have Windows 7 Professional. Java 6 update 23, Flash 10.2 beta (tried after my problem began with 10.1...seems a little less resource hungry). I use Comodo, which is pretty resource friendly. I keep Windows Update on. My CPU goes from 5-10% at idle, and over 60% when watching Flash videos. The bigger thing is the CPU goes from 40C to 80C, and feels hotter than it used to. Really, anytime my computer is using over 50% it is getting very hot, not just when using Flash. Maybe I should add that I recently upgraded to 4GB of RAM, but I don't think that is when this started. Thanks.

 

OK. Things are out of hand now. I went ahead into my laptop against my best instincts. I found the culprit of the heat...about 5 years worth of nasty dust in my fan exhaust. Well, I reassembled the computer and now the monitor does not turn on. Moving it to a new thread.