Hi CJ
Well it does sound like an overheating problem, there have been a lot of laptop
recalls recently because of faulty overheading batteries but you say yours is
running hot with the battery removed. When it starts to get hot you should
hear
the fan begin to operate, if you can not hear the fan I would suspect a faulty
fan.
There was a similar thread running on this list towards the end of August, I
missed most as I was on holiday but the subject was "overheating laptop" and
coincidentally referred to an overheating Toshiba laptop. Here is one post
dated 31/08/2006 that may be of help, from --- Graham Butcher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
> An easier solution is to buy a laptop cooler, it is a small plinth the has
> upto 3 small fans built in and the laptop sits on top of this. The plinth
> plugs into the USB port on the the laptop and when the laptop is in use,
> fans suck cool air between the laptop base and the plinth and then blows
> this warmed air out through vents in the back of the plinth. It is a cost
> effective way of cooling the laptop.
>
> Mine is a Toshiba and I suspect the problem is common to all laptops, the
> memory is fitted in a small compartment on the base of the laptop and
> after a while the memory chips run very warm. If the laptop is not on a hard
> flat surface then the air flow around the case in the memory location can
> get restricted and can cause the memory chips to break down and thus the
> laptop stops working. Sometimes if you are lucky, once they cool down again
> hte laptop will work again, more often though the memory will need to
> replaced.
>
> This is a common problem with Toshiba Laptops and useing the plinth with
> fans inside has completely cured mine. The internal airways are as clean as
> the day when it new because I have opened the machine up and cleaned them,
> the problem was the memory overheating which are not in the air flow from
> the internal fan which is only there to cool the processor.
>
> Get a colling plinth and you can save all the other expensive bills and it
> will cure your problem, it has mine.
There are further posts after the above relating to cleaning, so maybe worth
reading. If I think of anything else I will get back.
Rupert
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Hey there Rupert!!!
Ok, here's the situation... my son's girlfriend gave me this Toshiba A15 S129
lap top. It's about 3 years old or so. The thing turns on, Windows XP loads, I
get to the desktop, etc. (most of the time anyway). I start tinkering around in
Windows and eventually (usually within a couple of minutes or so) the thing
shuts down.
I tried removing the battery and operating the thing from A/C only. No good.
Still shuts down.
I did check the settings and they're all set to "never" shut off.
I did notice the thing gets hot; the hotter it gets the faster it shuts off.
I have it sitting on the dining room table, so there should be enough
ventilation around the thing.
What do you think? I hate like hell to send this thing in for service
especially
if it ends up costing an arm and a leg. I can replace the battery myself, no
big
deal.
Thanks!
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