Laptop running REALLY hot, help!

Pck21

Pck21

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Hey all,

I have a Dell 1.8 P4 Inspiron 8600 notebook. As of yesterday it started running really hot and has even burned my lap a few times. Has anyone had, seen, or heard of this problem? Can someone recommend anything? Thanks.
 
if you use the laptop in areas where dust is present they get caught in the fans. dissemble your fans and clean them out.
 
Ok I cleaned the fan of dust and it seemed fine. However the fan has yet to turn on since restarting and surfing the web, is my fine busted?

Also I keep checking my system info from the control panel and for some unknown reason the processor is running at 599 mhz and my processor is 1.8 gig.

Any suggestions?
 
No the fan wasn't plusgged in to anything. I just unscrewed a couple of screws and pooped it out. I got screwed on the fans didn't I?
 
Nope, when I unplugged it, it dropped to 197mhz and then shot up to 599mhz again. Thanks though :)

Keep the ideas flowing boys! I really do appreciate it!

Thanks again to everyone who has posted replys!
 
Yep when I tried to flash the bios again, it gave me a warning prompt that said I was about to download the older bios version. But thanks for the idea, I never thought of that :)
 
Ok I just updated a few other things and now it's running at 1.8 gig. Thanks for the tip though, it did help.
 
Pck21 said:
Ok I just updated a few other things and now it's running at 1.8 gig. Thanks for the tip though, it did help.
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ghz*. is there a reason you want it to run that way the entire time. it doesn't take a 1.8ghz computer to type up a paper and would be a waste of energy.
 
Hmm well I guess you make a good point there :D

I just don't want my system running at under its full capacity I guess. I'll have to play a game and see what it does from there.

By the by, my fan FINALLY turned on when the system started getting really hot. I got an e-mail back from Dell and they said that it's something in the bios that keeps track of heat inside the computer and the fan won't turn on until that number is reached and that it's not unusual for laptops to become really hot. I think it's BS but I'll bend over and take it.

Thanks again for all the help!

P.S.- I am thinking about building my own desktop system and I was wondering what you all think is the better processor. Either an AMD 3200+ or a P4 running at 3.0 ghz or higher. I am mostly using it for games and business. I am looking at an 80 gig hdd, 1 gig of 400 ddr ram, 500 watt power supply, and an ati radeon 9950 256 mb video card. Thanks!
 
1. Use a vaccum cleaner to clean the air outlets around the laptop.

2. Lower RAM (less than 512MB) may force processor to overload, increase RAM

3. Lift ur laptop from the rear side by place something, give some space between the table n laptop body to flush out hot air.

4. Check ur system fr spawares n virus, which may force ur system to overload n heat up.
 
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