Heat issues with Equium M70-173

Need some advise.
Have in last couple of weeks found that the whole left side and sometimes to the middle of the laptop its got very hot to touch.
Does any one have any clue what could cause this?

Hi mate,
I think it could be a cooling system which is full of dust. If the cooling system is clogged with dust then the machine cannot transport enough heat of your machine which was generated by the CPU and the graphics card. The result of this could be software errors, overheating and complete hardware malfunction.
So, my advice for you: go to the next radio shack or electronic market and buy a can with compressed air. Blast some AIR gently trough the ventilation holes and if dust comes out then you know where the problem is. Just clean up the whole cooling system and make sure that the cooling system is nearly free of dust.
Greets

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