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Title: tech problem Post by: LucienSanchez on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 21:08:39 my laptop keeps overheating, and the fans never seem to run... Any ideas? It keeps turning off and stuff...
Title: Re: tech problem Post by: axs on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 23:22:33 Buy a new one.
Or pm JJ / Si pie. probably a BIOS setting or temp gauge gone wrong says the amateur with no real idea. Title: Re: tech problem Post by: yeo on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 23:23:38 I could probably get my Dog to Piss on it, if it helps?
Title: Re: tech problem Post by: Peter Venkman on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 08:46:34 It could be a clogged heatsink, open the base up and give it a hoover (yeah I know it creats static build up but its fucking easier than blowing it out) the heatsink is usually like a copper pipe with a smal radiator on the end, very common on Toshibas.
The other point is make sure the fans are enabled in the bios mate, enter the bios on bootup...F2 or del key are usually the ones to enter the bios....start by loading up default or optimum settings to make sure its all back to standard then go into the options to control the fan setting....this varies from bios to bios but usually is a setting of turn on temperature or power pc down at a certain temperature. Check the actual level of temperature as the heatsink may have become dislodged from the chip...common on older systems and regrease it and reapply the heatsink. A normalish temp for a laptop is high 40's to mid 50's degrees c. If that doesnt work then download speedfan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php oe soemthing like that to check if the fan does actually come on and at what speed. The other thing is that the fan has actually broken and needs replacing. Hope this helps. Title: Re: tech problem Post by: LucienSanchez on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 08:58:06 Excellent... i'll try all that when i get home :)
Title: Re: tech problem Post by: Chubbs on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 14:34:06 just reboot it
Title: Re: tech problem Post by: Nomoreheroes on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 19:47:55 I keep mine cool by using one of these to keep mine cool (but the internal fan does work):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MY-Link-Notebook-cooling-pad-Listed/dp/B000MQIUE0/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1227123986&sr=1-40 Title: Re: tech problem Post by: janaage on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 21:32:57 my laptop keeps overheating, and the fans never seem to run... Any ideas? It keeps turning off and stuff... Can't you just blow on it every now and then?Title: Re: tech problem Post by: BANGKOK RED on Thursday, November 20, 2008, 06:51:00 my laptop keeps overheating, and the fans never seem to run... Any ideas? It keeps turning off and stuff... The external fan for my PC is bust at the moment, and so I get the same problem (Turning off and stuff). As a temporary fix, because I am too much of a lazy cunt to get it sorted properly, I have removed the side panel and now have an ordinary fan cooling it down. Probably not too good for the PC, but it does the trick. |