80C is probably not considered overheating, yet. If what you've said was true, that you had tons of dust and dirt in the fan, it stands to reason that there is also a good amount of that same dust and dirt clogging the heatsink fins as well. If that's true, it probably won't be long until you get up over 80C again. For what it's worth, I've recently redid my thermal paste and cleaned everything out and I'm not running at 80C even when overclocked. I used to get temperatures over 80C before I did this.
Now, I can't guarantee that your laptop is going to run really cool after you're done, but since you had temperatures over 100C, you should really just take the laptop apart and do a full examination. If it were me, I'd make sure I got the dust out of everything (not just the fan) and then redo the thermal paste. After you're done, you don't have to worry about that again for several years.
Now, I can't guarantee that your laptop is going to run really cool after you're done, but since you had temperatures over 100C, you should really just take the laptop apart and do a full examination. If it were me, I'd make sure I got the dust out of everything (not just the fan) and then redo the thermal paste. After you're done, you don't have to worry about that again for several years.
Asus Laptop: K53TA
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit - SP1
CPU: AMD Llano A6-3400M, Quad-Core, 1.4GHz-2.6GHz (Overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD6650M, 1GB GDDR3 (Catalyst 13.1)
RAM: Samsung 4GB DDR3-1333
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit - SP1
CPU: AMD Llano A6-3400M, Quad-Core, 1.4GHz-2.6GHz (Overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD6650M, 1GB GDDR3 (Catalyst 13.1)
RAM: Samsung 4GB DDR3-1333