- Sep 17, 2013
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Working on a Satellite A100, trying to solve heat issues. I've cleaned out all dust etc...from the fan, board, casing, everywhere I could find it. Replaced the thermal paste.
This laptop runs very nicely, faster and smoother than before being serviced. The CPU and fan areas (when touched on the back of the machine) are just barely warm, the fan runs intermittently and blows warm air, no longer hot. No operational issues, hanging, or shut downs anymore.
But the RAM modules themselves remain so hot they cannot be touched, therefore the back of the machine is constantly very hot to the touch.
My question is - can this be resolved, and will this cause other failures, or is this "normal", especially given the machine's age? The RAM was upgraded from 2 x 512 mb, to 2 x 1GB, using a matched set.
Double checked the speed, latency, etc....
ANy ideas, thoughts would be greatly appreciated.!
This laptop runs very nicely, faster and smoother than before being serviced. The CPU and fan areas (when touched on the back of the machine) are just barely warm, the fan runs intermittently and blows warm air, no longer hot. No operational issues, hanging, or shut downs anymore.
But the RAM modules themselves remain so hot they cannot be touched, therefore the back of the machine is constantly very hot to the touch.
My question is - can this be resolved, and will this cause other failures, or is this "normal", especially given the machine's age? The RAM was upgraded from 2 x 512 mb, to 2 x 1GB, using a matched set.
Double checked the speed, latency, etc....
ANy ideas, thoughts would be greatly appreciated.!
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