[Cialug] OT: Two hardware problems

[Dave Hala Jr]

You might have better lucking using a vacuum to suck all the dust out of
it, rather than blowing it through.

On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 09:14 -0600, albus wrote:
> Brilliant minds think a like. HUH?
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> From:cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Dave Weis
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:05 AM
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: Two hardware problems
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> 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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>         [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
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>         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>
>         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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