What can u do with an overheating laptop?
 

Bloody thing keeps dying on me..... It feels pretty hot so I assume it is overheating

With my DT I just took the cover off.... But u cant do that with this thing

Any ideas??

cook eggs?

look at the bottom there should be a cover to open with a few screws, and there will be a fan there, carefully take the fan out and clean the dirt out of it, they pick up a lot of dust especially if you lay it onthe carpet.

pete

It used to happen to my laptop also ......... but one of these chill pads

http://www.targus.com/us/product_det...sp?sku=AWE01US

Clean or replace the fan. Or you can use it as paper weight.

Cool.... there is as well!!

Thanks :)

Grilled Cheese's for everyone!

:thumbsup

That is just what I needed

I highly recomend this product...

But to be honest I sent my laptop back under the warrenty and they replaced the monitor. Maybe they cleaned some stuff........ but it works better now and does'nt over heat....... I still use the chill pad for some reason. I figure heat can damage things so I may as well keep it as cool as possible. I never turn off my computers and they run for months.

chill pad ---> :thumbsup :thumbsup

Take a can of compressed air and hose out all the vents while the machine is running. You will see a massive dust cloud spray out and the computer will be magically fixed.

You owe me.

yeah chill pad they come with 2 fans to cool it works like a charm :thumbsup

try getting one of these

http://apc.com/products/family/index...le%20Computing
http://apc.com/resource/include/tech...?base_sku=ECPN

Use it for birth control:winkwink:

How are you using the laptop when it is heating up? I ask because some people take them to bed with them and cover up all the vents.

Just don't set it on your lap, though.

sell it and buy a new 1

check out this cooler too...my laptop has a desktop processor so it gets real hot.

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...tec%2520cooler

http://ai.pricegrabber.com/product_i...022190_125.jpg

put it on your lap and have roast chesnuts for dinner

i've done several things that have worked.
put some stuff at the 4 corners of the bottom of laptop so its elevated off the desk.
buy an laptop fan/stand on ebay, it connects through usb.
leave the lid open or at least slightly open, with the screen off.