Why is my laptop heating up and turning off shortly after?

Why is my laptop heating up and turning off shortly after? My laptop seems to heat up very quickly while I use it and it eventually shuts off. After waiting for a bit and turning my laptop on it repeats the same thing.
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Guest [Entry]

Your fan may be failing. I would listen to see if you can hear the fan running when the computer is performing a task. If the fan is silent, it may need replacement. Try following this guide: Acer Aspire 5742 Cooling Fan Replacement

Guest [Entry]

"i think you have to clean your Laptop

here a teardown instruction guide for your laptop

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Guest [Entry]

same problem here .. i opened up the laptop cleaned it new thermalpaste (cpu - gpu) replaced the old thermalpads with new ones the cpu fan is working just fine (speeds up speed down) BUT in 10 minutes shuts off even in bios screen ! any ideas? thanks ! the laptop is Acer Aspire 5742