Laptop overheating

friznit · Post by **friznit** » October 21st, 2007, 9:32

Overheating and shutting down on me. I've hosed, hoovered, blown, sucked, tapped, brushed and run various diagnostics on it and without actually breaking into it, I can't work out what else to do.

Any ideas?

Dell Inspiron 8200

MIkkyo · Post by **MIkkyo** » October 21st, 2007, 10:17

take it out of the oven

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » October 21st, 2007, 10:21

Check warranty status and report if still in warranty.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » October 21st, 2007, 11:35

cheeseandham wrote:Check warranty status and report if still in warranty.

It's ancient. Next plan: buy a new one and flog this to some unsuspecting soul on eBay

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » October 21st, 2007, 11:36

MIkkyo · Post by **MIkkyo** » October 21st, 2007, 11:46

friznit wrote:
It's ancient. Next plan: buy a new one and flog this to some unsuspecting soul on eBay

F- would not use (sexually) again

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » October 21st, 2007, 12:37

Common laptop overheating problems are caused by fan failure.
Do the fans come on when the laptop has been on for a while?

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 21st, 2007, 13:08

Frizzy wrote: without actually breaking into it

Stop being a wuss and take a hammer to it!

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » October 21st, 2007, 16:16

buzzmong wrote:Stop being a wuss and take a hammer to it!

This! I had to take the fan-cover off my laptop and clean out all the gunk.
It ran a lot better, although unscrewing the case borked the threads so it wouldn't screw back together properly.

But if your laptop has build quality higher than, say, a Christmas cracker toy, you're probably fine.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » October 21st, 2007, 16:21