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Laptop overheating
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 9:32
by friznit
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
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 10:17
by MIkkyo
take it out of the oven
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 10:21
by cheeseandham
Check warranty status and report if still in warranty.
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 11:35
by friznit
It's ancient. Next plan: buy a new one and flog this to some unsuspecting soul on eBay
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 11:36
by Hehulk
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 11:46
by MIkkyo
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
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 12:37
by cheeseandham
Common laptop overheating problems are caused by fan failure.
Do the fans come on when the laptop has been on for a while?
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 13:08
by buzzmong
Frizzy wrote:
without actually breaking into it
Stop being a wuss and take a hammer to it!
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 16:16
by Stoat
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.
Posted: October 21st, 2007, 16:21
by amblin
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