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    Vaio FZ11M overheating

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Dunhills, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. Dunhills

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    Hi All,

    I have a Sony VGN-FZ11M, that's still under warranty.
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Series Processor (1795 MHz)
    Memory: 2046 MB
    Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
    Graphics Card: GeForce 8400M GT/PCI/SSE2

    It seemed to be getting a bit to hot so I got a cooling tray for it, but still seemed not much better.
    After reading the forum I downloaded speedfan. The temperature was 70C sometimes reaching 80C. the only time it would drop was if I changed the power plan from high performance to power saver then it would drop to 40C-55C, even on idle the results were the same.

    I was in a very dusty house and was going to use a can of air on it but I can only see the vents and the slots on the back of it.Is it ok to blast the air from under the laptop? The fan is not making any bad sounds, and the air coming out is quite warm. Will me doing this work or is this a send back to Sony job, I don't really want to sent it back as I'm traveling around at the mo.

    Thanks for any help on this,
    If I forgot any info please ask
     
    Dunhills, Jun 22, 2008
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  2. Cossack7V7

    Cossack7V7 Notebook Evangelist

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    This is a common issue with the FZ series. You may want to clean out the air vents/fans in your notebook. Accumulated dust may have the system working harder, particularly the fans, to cool the notebook.
     
    Cossack7V7, Jun 22, 2008
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    You should also want to check earlier posts. There has been a thread for unscrewing the FZ notebook and cleaning all the dust out. It is informative and accurate! The person was having the same issue with their FZ series notebook...
     
    Cossack7V7, Jun 22, 2008
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  5. Dunhills

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    Hi Cossack,
    Thanks for that, is it possible to do it without opening it up, as if i do that will void the warranty
     
    Dunhills, Jun 22, 2008
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    You can do it without opening the notebook. Try vacuuming the air vents if that helps.
     
    Cossack7V7, Jun 22, 2008
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    hi i did that vacumed the vents main one were the fan is situated and i got everything out could not belive how much came out, and how much cooler the lappy is now, even playing games on it just does not warm it up anymore than bod temp, top coms and the link above well thats just shear kindness and one of the best posts iv seen, great work :)
     
    turner123, Jul 27, 2008
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