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    A8JS overheated

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by x31234, May 6, 2007.

  1. x31234

    x31234 Notebook Guru

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    well my laptop is hot as hell right now its on my bed, on a different. 10 minutes ago I tried to play godfather and it worked fine then it just shut off, tried to turn it back on but no cake. Checked the if the ac plug was on right and BAM holly hell the whole top right corner of my book was hot as hell. so i unplugged it and is sitting down right now. Anyone know what could be wrong?
     
    x31234, May 6, 2007
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  2. shaheenarshan

    shaheenarshan Notebook Deity

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    well its nothing to worry about as of now
    just let it cool down and then switching it on to check if everything is in working order after it has cooled down
    over heating in the laptop may have been caused as you may have been bloacking a vent and therefore cutting of air circulation which is the only way for the fans to cool down the laptop
    next time make sure that you use it on a hard surface
     
    shaheenarshan, May 6, 2007
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  3. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    Even if something is damaged.It might not be something serious.One of my friend's laptop overheated(the poor M1210 was on and it was in the bag for 2 hours) and he only had to replace the RAM.
     
    mujtaba, May 6, 2007
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    Well generally they don't recommend you placing a laptop on a bed since it's easy to block off vents. The sheets probably act as an insulator and reduce airflow compared to a flat, open table surface.

    In theory it should be okay, since the shut-off mechanism is a safety measure to stop things before things really start breaking.
     
    ltcommander_data, May 6, 2007
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    sojourner21 Notebook Consultant

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    Try spraying the vents with compressed air in case your heat sink has dust on it, it worked for me. I had the same problem a couple of days ago.
     
    sojourner21, May 6, 2007
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    put it on top of your air conditioner and pray you didnt fry anything before hand :p
     
    link1313, May 6, 2007
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  7. x31234

    x31234 Notebook Guru

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    oh no it wasnt on my bed, it was on top of my other laptop which was closed.
     
    x31234, May 6, 2007
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  8. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    make sure u dont have speedfan installed
     
    zydus, May 7, 2007
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  9. mujtaba

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    Why? I don't think it can do anything unless you allow it to do so.
     
    mujtaba, May 7, 2007
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  10. shaheenarshan

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    true
    programs like NHC help you set a critical temperature
    when your core or the GPU reaches that temperature it alerts you
    and a bit higher and it switches off
    which is quite useful at times
    but not always
     
    shaheenarshan, May 7, 2007
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  11. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Even without those programs there is a temperature limit where the BIOS will shut the notebook down. (I think and hope :D)
     
    E.B.E., May 8, 2007
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  12. zydus

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    Do a search, but i remember with the A8Jm series speedfan was causing the fan to stop spinning. I dont remember the exact details. This might hold true for the A8Js as well.
     
    zydus, May 8, 2007
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