temprature guage

[Michael Havens]

Thanks for the info but the question still remains, why did the sensor trip
with the computer off?

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Wayne Davis <waydavis at centurylink.net>wrote:

>  Actually....  It is a COLD REBOOT and to do this on a laptop you need to
> UNPLUG the charger/adapter, REMOVE the battery, Press pwr button for abt 20
> sec or so. (This drains any residual voltage from the capacitors within the
> unit)
> Then put battery back in, re-attach your charger.  A laptop is never fully
> OFF until you do this and it is the way to hard-reset the HARDWARE.
>
> Good luck!
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> On 08/23/2013 07:24 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> with my computer it won't allow you to turn it back on unless you plug it
> in,take out the battery, press the power button for like 30 seconds. Then
> when you press the button again it will turn back on. My question was
> really related to to how I turned the computer off,stuck it in my bag, and
> then went to flagstaff. Then when I got there the computer would not turn
> on as the sesor had been tripped. My question was really whether the sensor
> could be trpped when the computer was off.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Shawn Badger <shawn at badger.pro> wrote:
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>> Yes, most laptops have a temperature sensor that will shut them down if
>> they get to hot, but they will allow you to turn it back on once it cools
>> down again. I have never seen one the is permanently shutdown because of
>> that  unless you got it hot enough to melt the circuits inside.
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>>  On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  you know the the overtemp gauge that won't allow a laptop to start if
>>>  it is tripped? am I wrong in my discovery that it can be tripped even
>>> while the computer is off?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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