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    My laptop is on Fire

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Zecking, Jul 15, 2007.

  1. Zecking

    Zecking Newbie

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    ok... 8 month laptop... 2moths ago the thing starts to get hot... really hot... like i play Eve-Online for 5min and my comp restarts with the blu screen of death with out warning... so i do some research and buy a Zalman cooling Pad... it helps ... a little . still blue screen of death.
    so i do some more digging and i dl a clocking utility and do some underclocking. Now its better but idle is at 60c and i underclock some so i can play somewhat. ingame im at 80c , i though its normal but reading some more on this site i realize this is unaceptable!

    1. how do i make speedfan ajust the speed of the fan...lol
    2. wth is wrong with this picture?


    I own a Toshiba Statellite, Centrino Duo T2300 1.66ghz, 2gb ram.....
     
    Zecking, Jul 15, 2007
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Perhaps buy a can of compressed air, open the bottom and do a little summer cleaning :)
     
    coriolis, Jul 15, 2007
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  3. thegsrguy

    thegsrguy Notebook Deity

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    My guesses:

    -fans/cooling ducts clogged
    -excessive thermal grease
    -heatsink has come loose
    -fan is broken
     
    thegsrguy, Jul 15, 2007
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  4. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    If no solutions work, Buy a new computer, like the Sager 2090
     
    ahl395, Jul 15, 2007
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  5. CodeMonkeyX

    CodeMonkeyX Notebook Deity

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    Yeah if it only started recently then I would say dust clogging the vents. Or you jarred the laptop and messed with the heat sinks.

    Try cleaning it first, but seeing as it's only 8 months old, you could call support and see what they will do about it.
     
    CodeMonkeyX, Jul 15, 2007
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  6. larson

    larson Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, if you have never cleaned your laptop, I'm sure in 8 months there has been a good amount of dust that has gotten in there.
     
    larson, Jul 15, 2007
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