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    Satalite p200 pro overheating, can fan be controlled?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by zimbolad, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. zimbolad

    zimbolad Newbie

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    I have a satelite p200 and have been monitoring the heat of the cpu with hw monitor. It usually reads around 65 to 75 celcius (which i now realise is quite high), but recently it just shut down through overheating (when i restarted it, it was sitting at 95 !!!). I just wondered whether the fan speed could be increased. I always have it sitting flat on a table with space around the fans. Is there anything else that could be the problem, it is only 3 months old.
     
    zimbolad, Feb 9, 2009
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  2. sgilmore62

    sgilmore62 uber doomer

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    What model p200 and what BIOS version do you have? Could be that there has been BIOS updates that address fan and or CPU.
     
    sgilmore62, Feb 9, 2009
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    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    No, you can't manually control the fan speed.
    Try raising the back of the notebook to allow more air circulation.
    Tape together a few pennies and put them under the feet for now.
     
    allan_huang, Feb 11, 2009
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