My mac book overheats and shuts down

My Mac Book (NOT PRO) get hot and shuts down

Open Activity Monitor to ALL PROCESSES and % CPU to display values from high to low.
Download and install iStat Menus or Bresink Temperature Monitor:
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
When your Macbook gets hot, post images of Activity monitor and a temperature display (before it shuts down).
Run an Apple Hardware Test:
You may have to use the #2 installation disc.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
Ciao.

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