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    Gateway 7422GX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Unr3a1, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. Unr3a1

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    Hey all. I am new to these forums, and I had a quick question. I am having problems with my 7422GX gateway overheating and just randomly shutting off. I was curious as to what course of action I should take? It is out of warranty, so I figured my only option was to take apart the laptop and make sure everything is clean. What would you guys suggest?
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Clean out the PC (you are right), get a Cooling fan, and possibly apply AS5. Check this out: Cooling Guide.
     
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    I will certainly do that then. I just wanted to make sure that it is overheating though. What happens is that the fans inside the laptop will randomly run at full power, and then about 5 seconds after that, the computer will just shut off. Would overheating cause this? Thanks.
     
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    I guess not. I will try cleaning it out first and seeing if that helps. Thanks for the reply, Greg.
     
    Unr3a1, Apr 17, 2008
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    The eMachines M68XX series are the same machine and AFAIK there's been no definitive solution for them too. Mine does it for a while then will go months without it happening. You might look in the eMachines section for more info.
     
    olyteddy, Apr 17, 2008
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    This is a rather well-known problem (except for the solution :( ) People have tried replacing and cleaning fans, etc., without success. I have had the problem myself and have come up with some workarounds. I don't know why they work...

    1. run on battery power, at least to boot up
    2. use an external monitor
    3. put an extra load on the CPU (yes I know that sounds strange but it beats crashing). I have written a small java program to help accomplish this (attached). You can adjust the percentage, default is 30%. Just double-click on the .jar file, if it doesn't work you may need a Java runtime environment from java.com. Also here are links to other forums that I believe are about the same issue, I posted my solution to some of these as well.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=217578
    http://www.techsupportforum.com/har...145853-question-about-speedfan-my-laptop.html
     
    klumpbk, Apr 25, 2008
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