fjell_strom
New Member
Hello all, this is my first post. 
I'm aware that there's another over-heating thread from another user going simultaneously right now - and I've got my eye on it - but I'm somewhere further along the diagnostic process. Please read on...
A friend reported her laptop was shutting down by itself due to overheating (don't know how she knew overheating was the culprit but...)
I took the lappy off her and cleanly reinstalled windows and then installed a temp gauge which showed her hard drive at a near 60 degrees constantly, running "nothing". CPU meter was, as expected, nearly non existant, running only background tasks.
I shut the lappy down and disassembled it, cleaned the heat sink and cpu heat spreader, repasted, reassembled, and fired it back up. The temp is now about a constant 55 degrees (Celcius, btw) but it is still well high of the average 42 or so for this drive (according to Speedfan).
The machine has yet to shut itself down on me as my friend had experienced, but it is still too hot for comfort. The fan "sounds" like it's working normally. It's certainly spinning and looked to be in order when I had the lappy apart.
Could the processor have fried itself and now be simply generating more than its ordinary amount of heat? Fact is, there's some serious heat being trapped in the machine coming from somewhere. Perhaps the fan isn't doing enough after all to blow the heat away? Or perhaps the temperature isn't as high as is being reported and the thermometer is simply buggy?
Any other suggestions are heartily welcome. I would love to solve this issue for my friend!
Thanks very much,
fjell
I'm aware that there's another over-heating thread from another user going simultaneously right now - and I've got my eye on it - but I'm somewhere further along the diagnostic process. Please read on...A friend reported her laptop was shutting down by itself due to overheating (don't know how she knew overheating was the culprit but...)
I took the lappy off her and cleanly reinstalled windows and then installed a temp gauge which showed her hard drive at a near 60 degrees constantly, running "nothing". CPU meter was, as expected, nearly non existant, running only background tasks.
I shut the lappy down and disassembled it, cleaned the heat sink and cpu heat spreader, repasted, reassembled, and fired it back up. The temp is now about a constant 55 degrees (Celcius, btw) but it is still well high of the average 42 or so for this drive (according to Speedfan).
The machine has yet to shut itself down on me as my friend had experienced, but it is still too hot for comfort. The fan "sounds" like it's working normally. It's certainly spinning and looked to be in order when I had the lappy apart.
Could the processor have fried itself and now be simply generating more than its ordinary amount of heat? Fact is, there's some serious heat being trapped in the machine coming from somewhere. Perhaps the fan isn't doing enough after all to blow the heat away? Or perhaps the temperature isn't as high as is being reported and the thermometer is simply buggy?
Any other suggestions are heartily welcome. I would love to solve this issue for my friend!
Thanks very much,
fjell
