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    Cooling an overheating Toshiba Satellite A205-S4777

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by calm_incense, Sep 4, 2009.

  1. calm_incense

    calm_incense Newbie

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    So I've got a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4777, and it overheats like hell (what else is new?).

    I'm including a screenshot of my SpeedFan readings; I'm not particularly savvy with this topic, so I'd love it if someone could interpret the various temperatures. They all look far too high, though I don't know which temperatures apply to what.

    Anyways, the *main* purpose of this thread:

    I've narrowed down to three cooling products, and I'd like to know which one would work best for my specific Toshiba Satellite A205-S4777.

    They are:

    http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-M...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252092454&sr=8-14

    http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Note...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252092454&sr=8-1

    http://www.amazon.com/Xpad-Non-slip...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252092454&sr=8-11

    ...they all have very good reviews, but I'm curious to know which one would be most ideal for my specific situation. Do all three of them also cool the CPU, or are they only for making the laptop's external surface cooler so as to be more comfortable? I'm far more interested in the health of my laptop, rather than how "comfortable" it is.

    Thank you SO much. I'll be ordering it off Amazon, and I'm moving into my university apartment very soon, so this is rather urgent. :)
     

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  2. picochan

    picochan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try getting an air can and blowing air in from the exhaust side. Laptop heatsinks are really small so they get loaded w/ dust super easily. I use to buy "broken" laptops that only had the heatsinks clogged :D, clean and resell! Anyways, 99% of the time, and overheating laptop prob just has clogged heatsink vents.
     
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