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size=2 face=Arial>Take it apart and blow the junk out of the fan and heat sink.
My wife's laptop did the same thing but we found a bunch of lint, dust, etc
hidden in the heat sink baffles. Cleaning it out with a compressor after taking
it apart fixed it all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> cialug-bounces@cialug.org
[mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeffrey
Ollie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 18, 2011 9:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Central
Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Cialug] OT: Two hardware
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<P>I found this laptop cooling pad at Target a while back for my wife's laptop
which was having the same problem. Basically it was this pad that the
laptop sits on and plugs into a USB port to power extra fans to help cool the
laptop. I think it was made by Belkin but I'd have to go home and look
at it to be sure.</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Feb 18, 2011 8:56 AM, "Rob Miller" <<A
href="mailto:robarooney@gmail.com">robarooney@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR
type="attribution">> What would listers recommend for cooling a laptop that
overheats and shuts<BR>> itself off, without warning? My wife uses a
Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5<BR>> laptop for a lot of her web design work.
I think the laptop is overheating<BR>> and that's causing it to shut-off.
Kathy can't use it and she's had a<BR>> problem with starting up after one
of these shut-off incidents. She took<BR>> the laptop to a local shop
because something had gotten corrupted when the<BR>> laptop shut itself
down. I'm sorry but I don't have the paperwork<BR>> explaining the problem
and solution. We'd appreciate any suggestions.<BR>> <BR>> Also, the
Samsung SyncMaster monitor that she uses isn't working (It blinks<BR>> off
and on) and we're wondering if anyone has a "square" flatscreen
monitor<BR>> for sale?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks.<BR>> <BR>> Rob
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