Lenovo Thinpad keeps getting very hot!

My laptop keeps getting very hot and I'm worried that it will crash and burn, should I back up folders and documents etc? At the moment I keep turning it off to cool it down, other option would be to aim the fan at it! Pleas can someone advice a non techie person on what to do. Thanks

Please measure temperatures (http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html)
After that, try disabling turbo-boost, (http://www.tautvidas.com/blog/2011/04/disabling-intel-turbo-boost/)
and measuring again.

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