Laptop Overheating

My laptop has started to overheat ever since I installed Linux mageia 2 a few months ago. Before, I had Windows 7 but switched to mageia. My laptop specifications are as follows:
Intel core i3, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB hard drive and is an HP pavilion G6.
My laptop just seems to heat very quickly and it gets so hot that I to put it on hibernate before it has to shut down due to the heat. With Windows 7 I didn't have a problem with the heat, but now there seems to be a problem. All help would be much appreciated.
Thank you very much, MrLigugu. :)
Intel core i3, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB hard drive and is an HP pavilion G6.
My laptop just seems to heat very quickly and it gets so hot that I to put it on hibernate before it has to shut down due to the heat. With Windows 7 I didn't have a problem with the heat, but now there seems to be a problem. All help would be much appreciated.
Thank you very much, MrLigugu. :)