Who here knows laptops well?

[99FRC]

@Shady

Yea agreed, if an external source of cooling such as fan etc keeps it on than its most likely a CPU issue. But hey, its worth trying some other shit… Also its possible that the CPU Failsafe threshold got fucked up, although the likelyhood of that is near impossible on a locked down BIOS from dell.

Well there is a positive in this for the OP. That CPU can be had for very little $$. We are talking prob around $25.