Reply to: hot n sweaty laptop

[blacjac]

This canned air sounds useful - where can you get it from?

Got mine from eBay

[DiscoStu]

This canned air sounds useful - where can you get it from?

Most stationers do it, Staples, Office World, W H Smith etc...

[gadgetman]

This canned air sounds useful - where can you get it from?

[TykeMerc]

sorted

You're welcome, what's the address for the consultancy invoice?

[chef]

well whaddya know, a screwdriver, a can of air and a bios update later..

can you hear something? nope niether can I..

sorted

[Fishface]

I had a similar problem with a Dell Laptop.

Fan on all the time - got really hot.

You may need to reset/update the BIOS as the temprature routine has gone wrong.

The short term measure was:

On a Dell I think it was ctrl + alt + shift and z - this immeadiatly made the cooling system work correctly for a while and then repeat.

Ultimately, back up your drive as the it will give up sooner rather than later.

[chef]

ahh yes, the obvious, i didn't think of that, i'll go purchase some canned air and give under the keyboard keys a blast while i'm at it..

thanks all

[TykeMerc]

And hope to hell that you don't blow the crud into a congealed lump onto the motherboard with condensation all over it.
Only ever use a compressed air duster on bits you've taken out first.

I'll go to £15 quid btw Chef

[ft101]

Used this many times, get one with a straw to use as a nozzle (a la WD40) and shove it in all the vents on the lappy.
Works a treat

Except be sure not to use Wd40!!

[blacjac]

Or try canned air.

Or sell it to me for £10

Used this many times, get one with a straw to use as a nozzle (a la WD40) and shove it in all the vents on the lappy.
Works a treat

[Bluebird]

put in fridge when not in use.

[ft101]

Or try canned air.

Or sell it to me for £10

[TykeMerc]

Chef this has all the hallmarks of a laptop full of dust and fluff, if you're capable of using a screwdriver and common sense you can usually remove the fan assembly and maybe get at the heatsinks to remove the dust.

I haven't taken a Toshiba to bits in quite a while, but I would be surprised if there aren't a few simple access panels to allow you to get at the fan. Turn the laptop upside down and utilise the mark 1 eyeball method on the base and rear spine.

Alternatively sell it to me for a fiver and I'll fix it in 10 mins

[DimPrawn]

2) new laptop time, something that is:
- around £1,200-£1500
- 4gb RAM
- 15" Widescreen
- weight <= 2.8kg
- min 120Gb HD
- runs quietly

I bought a Dell 17XX (17 inch screen) Dual Core Intel 2ghz with 4GB RAM, Vista Business some huge HDD (250GB I think) for £500 on one of their special offers (half price RAM and no delivery charge).

Quiet as a mouse and cheap as chips!

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...0917126A&s=bsd

[ft101]

Check all the vents are clear and no build up of bumfluff and crud?