Is it a bad sign ??

Hello to all ,

My laptop has 3rd gen, core i5 processor, 6GB RAM , 750GB hard drive.And its a DELL 15r special edition . Since about month ago when im watching a movie . it get stuck. Its like when a video is playing errrrrrrrrrrrr , errrrrrrr kind of sound comes out and video stop for just a second or 2 and then running the video again. This is happening with all the videos after all. Specially i played videos for about 1hr or more.

Is this some kind of a failure of my laptop processor ?? or any other device ???

And my laptop back is sometimes like burning. Also i play games in it

so please help me to find a possible solution for this.

BTw how do i know about CPU temperature on windows 8

 

Are you playing from a file or from a disk? With what program? Where does the sound come from, the speakers/headphone, the fans or optical drive/hard disk drive?

Parts of a modern laptop will get hot when using it so that isn't a problem in itself unless the temperature is very high.

I'd recommend Real Temp: Download Real Temp 3.70 | techPowerUp

 

when was the last time you cleaned the fans and vents out with compressed air (im guessing never as your asking how to monitor temps).
this has to be done every few months as in confined spaces dust builds up and once you start hitting 100c all sorts of things start going wrong.

real temps is ok but can give false readings. i recommend core temps and hw monitor.

you can download everything you need from my sig below. then post your cpu/gpu temps up here.

the noise sounds like a hard drive problem. anything over 62c and your hard drive can die after time. download HD Tune from below and run a sector scan test.

 

I'd agree with MrDJ that the noise sounds like a hard drive issue. Typically, hard drive issues require replacing the hard drive. However, the other advice given to clean dust out of your system is a good idea as well, as all sorts of tiny gunk can accumulate inside a notebook, and if it's not periodically cleaned out, that can affect performance by clogging up vents and fans and causing the system to heat up.

 

How do i clean the vents ?? i mean i dont have any equipment to clean like compressed air like things. I have bought this laptop last december. Do you think that hardware sound is a big issue ??

 

For software monitoring temperatures, I recommend HW Monitor - seems to be most reliable.

As for how to clean up the vents... you can buy a can of compressed air, press the tip of it to some of the underside vents and then just press the button to expel the air into the laptop (but in a way that will force it outside of the laptop through the side vents).

Opening this laptop to reach the actual cooler and clean the thing manually seems tricky as it requires disassembly (at least of the keyboard area), and from the pictures I saw, the actual screws for the cooler are located on the bottom of the laptop (which would probably require complete disassembly so it could be reached).

 

thats one way of cleaning or moving the dust about but the best way is to remove the base and blow around the vents and fans holding the blades still while you blast the air inside the fan.

check that your supplier wont void the warranty though as some companys stupidly say that your not allowed to remove the base plate.
thats why i love my clevo as its user upgradable

 

One section of the laptop's underside can be removed if I'm not mistaken... it should provide enough access to blow the compressed air inside... however, the fan itself seems to be in an enclosure, so it doesn't seem very viable to clean the dust off the blades as the air won't reach them - and the screws for the enclosure are on the other side that has no back plate on the casing that could be detached... it appears the entire motherboard would have to be removed and the screws of the enclosure unscrewed from the other side.
Doesn't seem practical.

 

put a pin or something to stop the fan from spinning when you blow the air, as it might damage it. Just blow the canned air through the exhaust vent, to clean the heat sink form the dust, unless theres a serious build-up the dust can escape through whatever holes it can find.

From experience it could be quite a few things, most of the time windows and reinstalling does remedy it. Could be hard drive too. if it was RAM it would likely BSOD.

Again if its just stutters it is most likely OS. Could try registry tools which clean registry, as that can cause quite some slowdowns, though if its that bad it would likely need a clean install... Could attempt reinstalling drivers before a clean install, but that rarely works.

 

Some time the DVDs quality is not good so when the laptop's or computer's DVD room run this type of DVD movie so its make error and held some times when movie is running.The problem is that mine friend told me that these type of low quality DVDs makes DVD room lens weaker and did not run this properly due two low quality.So thats why it creating sound.

 

This is a problem called dubstep. There is no known fix, we are working on it but there isn't much hope.



No but hey guys is everyone still thinking the sound is NOT coming out of the speakers??? Why would the video stop at the same time?? Maybe you guys are saying that its overheating causing this software manifestation. Just making sure, definitely doesn't seem like the hard drive or fan is whats actually creating the noise directly.

dude are you kidding? just turn the damn thing off!!

dude, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

 

Well, he's not wrong IMHO. I think he was obviously considering to do it with the notebook off D), but he probably intended to say that even with the notebook being off you should keep the fan still while you use the air can.
I've always heared that making the fan spin could damage it. Don't know if it's true, though.

 

Not true. The only thing is if something lodges in the fan, but that could happen even if not spinning. I only hold the fan if I'm spraying the fan blades to get the dust off.

 

Obviously turn the damn thing off... If you don't stop the fan from spinning the burst of air CAN damage it, leaving you to replace the the fan. Unless you're using some gentle summer breeze canned air, put something to stop it from spinning, i use a pin but you know, whatever works.

 

Lol, we'll never know. A lot of people say we don't need to keep the fan still, a lot say the exact contrary. Better do it, just in case it were true!

 

To be on the safe side I guess so but a fan is designed to run at several thousand RPM, a burst of air better not damage it or else it has bigger issues. Same way that you should wear an anti-static wrist band if you touch any part of the interior of the machine, but how many people do that? I guess I don't see it as an issue either way and I've been building, cleaning, and repairing laptops and PCs for at least 25 years (as a hobby and side business). /shrug/

 

I guess you're right. The fan thingy doesn't make any sense to me either.