Is your laptop overheating? It's at 97°C on the motherboard.
Is your laptop overheating? It's at 97°C on the motherboard.
I own a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6 with a Ryzen 5 5600H processor paired with Radeon Graphics plus an RTX 3050Ti 85W unit. Under light usage it tends to heat up, reaching temperatures between 75℃ and 80℃, and 87℃ to 95℃ during moderate tasks, while under heavy load it stays around 99℃. This also causes the motherboard and keyboard to get warm. For context, in Minecraft Bedrock RTX at 12 chunks the GPU logged 87℃, 99% utilization, 1732mhz with temperature limits, CPU at 99℃, 46% utilization, 4125mhz, and the board at 97℃—all under good airflow and turbo power settings. I don’t believe the thermal paste is the issue; even with a 2200rpm cooler, temperatures stayed at 74℃ for GPU, 81℃ for CPU, and 81℃ for the board.
Another concern is my CPU performance. It seems to struggle under any load—audio glitches appear, Bluetooth connections drop without reconnecting until the system restarts, and Windows reliability logs show random hardware errors. The OS rarely crashes with a blue screen, but it often becomes unresponsive instead, which is unusual unless a game freezes.
For a slim laptop equipped with premium components and a plastic enclosure, these temperatures are normal. The core trio of powerful hardware is right there. If you're placing the device flat on a surface, consider lifting the back by about an inch. The audio stuttering you noticed—since Vista—comes from CPU-based processing rather than hardware acceleration, which can cause glitches under heavy load. Updating Lenovo drivers is strongly advised. Bluetooth performance remains poor, particularly on Windows; updating drivers or replacing the wireless card is your best option.
The model was released in 2021 and is now about five years old. Did you get it new or used? Over the years, have you taken it apart and cleaned the fans and fins? You might not need to replace the thermal paste, but it’s likely completely clogged—your unit probably looks like this. Also, cleaning isn’t just for the fan blades; you should also clean the exhaust and heatsink fins. If you want instructions on disassembling and cleaning your specific model, check YouTube for "<laptop model> disassembly".