The other day I thought my laptop had died! It wouldn’t turn on and it was realllly hot! I found out for some reason my fans weren’t kicking in at the right time thus allowing my laptop to overheat and automatically shutdown. After doing some research I found an easy solution to cool down my laptop by forcing the fans to turn on. This only works for Dells, but in the FAQs it says you can try it for your laptop and it might just work! It worked for me.

Dell Laptop Fan Control Utility

When it gets too hot, I just force my fans on high speed. Otherwise, I leave it on auto control. I believe that it will monitor the temperature and automatically turn on your fan, whereas your laptop might wait for a higher temperature before it turns on. I’ll continue to use it and see how it goes.