GT60 2PC Dominator - Overheating problems

Hey guys,
I am getting desperate here. My 6months old Dominator has been lately suffering from massive overheating problems - 90C+ which happens after in a short while after launching any Dx11 game (but many Dx9 suffers from the same). I have tried two different cooling pads Zalman and now Cooler Master N-1 that has positional fans which I have moved underneath the GPU+CPU, but computer behaves like they are not there, so it is virtually no good at all.
What happens when PC gets into overheated state is that game starts massively to stutters both audio and video in terms of freezing in and out in short intervals that even ensues in Wind when I close the application. I wanted to check out whether the thermal compound has not been reduced, but comp is still sealed and after 6months that seems rather suspicious.
What do you recommend ? Are there any other cooling solutions for laptops other than ineffective cooling pads ??
Cheers
Mars

Hi,
What country do you live in? As in EU (at least as far as I am aware of) opening notebook for repasting (or adding RAM/HDD/SSD) is OK and doesn't void warranty. However if you prefer to hear an official statement, contact MSI. If you live else where, then opening very likely voids the warranty.
>>How to contact MSI.<<
At last you can RMA the notebook.

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Right... hello!
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