Hey,

I own an HCL ME 54 laptop with 4 GB DDR3 RAM and an Intel i3 M350 processor. I've been using it for a year.

My problem is, whenever I start playing games on it, the game starts freezing so much that it becomes akin to pausing a million times a minute. When I Alt-Tab and look at the CPU usage, Task Manager says it is at 100% and the laptop is really hot at the sides and ends.

This also happens if I play games for, like, 10 minutes and use the laptop normally. The freezing thing happens after some time.

I didn't have this problem during the first 6-8 months of using it.

I've formatted my Win 7, re-installed it, installed XP, defragmented my HDD, scanned for viruses, spywares, trojans, malware etc.

I'm at my wits end now. I don't know what to do. It'd be really helpful if someone could help me out here. Thanks!