[Cialug] OT: Two hardware problems

[Dave Weis]

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.


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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Ollie
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:03 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Two hardware problems


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.

On Feb 18, 2011 8:56 AM, "Rob Miller" <robarooney at gmail.com<mailto:robarooney at gmail.com>> wrote:
> What would listers recommend for cooling a laptop that overheats and shuts
> itself off, without warning? My wife uses a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5
> laptop for a lot of her web design work. I think the laptop is overheating
> and that's causing it to shut-off. Kathy can't use it and she's had a
> problem with starting up after one of these shut-off incidents. She took
> the laptop to a local shop because something had gotten corrupted when the
> laptop shut itself down. I'm sorry but I don't have the paperwork
> explaining the problem and solution. We'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Also, the Samsung SyncMaster monitor that she uses isn't working (It blinks
> off and on) and we're wondering if anyone has a "square" flatscreen monitor
> for sale?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rob Miller
> West DM
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