"Nibby" (nibby68)
06/29/2014 at 11:24 • Filed to: None
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
06/29/2014 at 11:24 • Filed to: None | 1
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My aunt gave me her laptop to fix for her. I threw in 4GB RAM and an SSD... after installing Windows I was wondering why does it keep turning itself off. There's your answer. I opened it up, looked inside and saw how much nasty work it was to access the processor... and nope'd the fuck out of there.
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Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 11:34 |
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My last laptop was a hand me down Toshiba. It quickly killed itself with a 90 degree C core temp. It was hot to touch the case around the damn thing.
wkiernan
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 11:38 |
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Is there a way to throttle it down so it runs cooler? Some laptops used to have that option.
Flavien Vidal
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 11:40 |
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A good clean up will do the trick... Probably tons of dust everywhere that impeach a proper cooling.
E92M3
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 11:48 |
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Heatsink is probably caked with dust. Did you blow it out with compressed air?
PheeNoIVI
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 11:53 |
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Dust it well. And if that doesn't change anything you might need new thermal paste
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Nibby
> E92M3
06/29/2014 at 11:53 |
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No, I can't access it cause taking it apart is a complete bitch.
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Nibby
> Flavien Vidal
06/29/2014 at 11:54 |
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Yeah, but getting in there is not worth it. Stupid design with these cheap parts that break easily everywhere.
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Flavien Vidal
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 12:06 |
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Find a comrpessor and get a compressor gun for 5$ at your local home depot... It will do the job believe me :)
Blow air through the keyboard, through the fan entrance and exit. Always works.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 12:49 |
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Acer Aspire 7540 I had would regularly hit 80 degrees at the CPU due to having utter shite thermal compound from the factory. I managed to get it down to 50 or 60, but still. Ugh.
On the other hand I had a borked Dell motherboard that would overvolt CPUs and make them hit 100C within a minute or two before shutting off. Sounded like a jet engine while doing it, as well.
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Nibby
> Flavien Vidal
06/29/2014 at 12:55 |
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I have an air compressor in the garage. Would that work? I use it to clean out chiclet keyboards and for tires.
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Flavien Vidal
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 13:08 |
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yup that would be perfect...
JasonStern911
> Nibby
06/29/2014 at 20:08 |
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+1 on using compressed air on the fan air inlets and outlets.
Also, laptop coolers with active cooling, like the ones with USB powered fans, can be fairly effective under moderate loads.