This was a temporary fix that allowed me to make a couple of presentations uninterrupted. Running on battery power when possible.

Just running more than one tab in Chrome was often shutting it down. What Did NOT Fix My Dell Laptop’s Overheating Problem: This was great until… the laptop shut down! I’ll save you the details about every step I followed in an attempt to fix this issue, and just give you some quick bullet points that did not work. The fan was no longer running as much as it was before. Then, I accepted a Dell Update about three weeks ago and everything changed. This was annoying, but not tragic, as the laptop performed well. The laptop was relatively new – roughly three months old – and the fan (during the first three months of use) ran almost constantly. As far as I can tell, there are no other resources online showing this solution so, thought I should share it with anyone else who’s tried virtually everything to get their new Dell laptop to stop shutting down on its own. The reason I’m posting the solution to this problem on my leadership and management blog is because I discovered it on my own. My laptop began overheating and shutting down (coincidentally, just after a BIOS update) not a good thing when you use your laptop for business presentations, as I do. However, in order to be able to function normally again, I recently had to solve a nagging issue with my new Dell Inspiron 13-5378 laptop running Windows 10.

Yes, I know this isn’t a tech blog I get it. How To Stop Your New Dell Laptop From Overheating & Shutting Down

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