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>I don't know what clocks it has though.
Check what CPU you have, find its spec sheet and see what its max base and boost clocks are. Then measure them like I said. hwinfo can measure everything you need, but you can use other programs if you want. Then compare them to the measured result to see if the CPU is able to reach them sustainably, both when the laptop is cold and hot. If it is unable to, this would be a good explanation for the "spikes" you are experiencing.
>Also how could the cooling have been messed with when the only things they tinkered with were the battery and keyboard?
It's just a guess. A reasonable one considering it started happening after you got it back from the shop. I dunno what laptop you have, but I see that plenty of them cannot be serviced easily. They could've done something to it accidentally or maybe as a freebie.

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