Quick fix if it is running hot - Get one of the cans of pressurized air and put
the nozzle right up near the heat sink exhaust vents (will be on the back or
side depending on your model). With the machine off, blow it out - if you get a
lot of dust coming out, that may have been your problem (impeded air flow = hot
CPU and/or video card). Most systems that I have seen have an intake and
outlet for the air flow, so if you blow the air in one side, the dust will come
out the other.
Once you get it cleaned out, try running it again and see if it runs cooler.
If not, you may need to pull it apart, give it a real good cleaning, and put
in some new heat sink compound. I did both with an older Acer laptop that I
had been using for 3 + years and it ran almost like new. (It had been running
real hot and shutting down, but after cleaning it out it was good to go.)
The good thing about cleaning the system out before doing the new power brick
option is that it is free - just your time involved. Bad thing about that
option is there's lots of little, delicate parts that can cause problems if
you're not used to pulling things apart and putting them back together.
If you put it back together wrong, you could end up with two non-working
bricks.
Jason
On Thursday 29 October 2009 01:05:14 pm mike havens wrote:
> Yea, sometimes the fan does seem louder than usual.This is a laptop we're
> talking about though. Do you think I should crack it open and blow it out
> or just replace the brick. I was further thinking that because the brick
> seems to fluctuate it's power supply less frequently (the power is more
> consistent) that if I were to replace the battery it would fix the problem
> because the battery has never been replaced and it is about 5 years old.
>
> On 10/29/09, Dorian Monroe <dorian.monroe@cox.net> wrote:
> > Check the fans to be sure they're blowing and there aren't any
> > obstructions or clogged up with dust. Or if the fans seem to be running
> > on high constantly (or spinning up to a higher rpm frequently).
> >
> > My Thinkpad T60 was overheating and shutting itself down once in a while
> > due to overheating, mostly when playing WoW (windows) or anything else
> > that did a lot of graphics processing. I opened it up and cleaned off
> > the old heat sink compound and applied some new grease and its been
> > running fine. I also use a laptop cooler whenever possible, that plugs
> > into the usb port that allows better air circulation than having it sit
> > flat on a table.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my blackberry
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mike havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:08:50
> > To: Main PLUG discussion list<plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Subject: Re: battery problem
> >
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