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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 12:01:17 AM

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I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
overheating, and poor cooling!!

Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
Instead of better cooling system..

You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
Shutdown!!

Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!

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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 12:01:18 AM
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me2@privacy.net wrote:

>
> I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
> non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
> overheating, and poor cooling!!
>
> Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
> Instead of better cooling system..
>
> You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
> processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
> Shutdown!!
>
> Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!


What model are your talking about?

ANC

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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 12:01:18 AM
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me2@privacy.net wrote:
> I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
> non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
> overheating, and poor cooling!!
>
> Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
> Instead of better cooling system..
>
> You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
> processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
> Shutdown!!
>
> Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!

Can of compressed gas dust cleaner at a computer supply. Blow out the
exhaust, then the fan inlet. Google for htmonitor which will show the
CPU temp.

Q

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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 12:01:18 AM
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>
>I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
>non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
>overheating, and poor cooling!!
>
>Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
>Instead of better cooling system..
>
>You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
>processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
>Shutdown!!
>
>Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!

A wacky hard drive will cause those problems. My Toshiba had some of
those until they replaced the HDD. That Norton garbage won't help
either.

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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 04:24:27 AM
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<me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:49496dd882073ff34c10d513984fd06e@news.teranews.com...
>
> I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
> non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
> overheating, and poor cooling!!
>
> Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
> Instead of better cooling system..
>
> You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
> processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
> Shutdown!!
>
> Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!
>

Gee thanks! I just orders a brand new Toshiba P15-S470 which is due to
arrive tomorrow. I hope I don't have these issues.

You're not working on an oil well in the middle of Saudi Arabia are you?
LOL

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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 12:44:58 AM
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I've had an A45-S150 for several months now. I'm a programmer and work it
hard for hours at a time. No problems of any kind to date, except for
having to install an updated sound driver to get back my "disappearing
sound"


<me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:49496dd882073ff34c10d513984fd06e@news.teranews.com...
>
> I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
> non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
> overheating, and poor cooling!!
>
> Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
> Instead of better cooling system..
>
> You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
> processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
> Shutdown!!
>
> Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!
>

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Anonymous   05-28-2004 at 07:13:47 AM
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me2@privacy.net wrote:
> I will NEVER buy another Toshiba Laptop!! Their support is about
> non-existant...

That's what I hear.

Toshibas are not THAT bad, from a reliability standpoint, but for
service? Fughetabowtit!

If you want both, IBM is the *ONLY* way to go.


> and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
> overheating, and poor cooling!!

That may be due to the interface material between the CPU and heatsink
being inadequate.

I recall reading an Alienware review/comment where overheating problems
were solved by removing the original interface and then using some
Arctic-Silver compound.

Of course, you would have to crack open your unit to pull off a job like
that.


> Toshiba's fix??? An updated BIOS...that SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESSOR!!!
> Instead of better cooling system..
>
> You can let a Toshiba sit for hours, and all is well, but get the
> processor 'busy' like Norton anti-virus scan, or SPYBOT...and WHAM!!
> Shutdown!!

Hehe... Norton.... HEHEHEHAHAHAHA!!

>
> Disgusting,,,and not properly addressed!
>

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Jason   05-29-2004 at 03:22:22 AM
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> non-existant...and SHUTDOWN problems are quite common due to processor
> overheating, and poor cooling!!

I have a Toshiba Satellite 2435. (2.4 Ghz P4)

Also had heating issues while putting a lot of strain on resources. I do a
bit of video rendering, which caused heating shutdowns from time to time.
Vents were perfectly clean and fans worked like they should, but quite a bit
of heat does build up. I began to notice that the shutdowns seemed to only
occur while laptop was on certain surfaces, such as a soft table or on my
lap with legs pulled together. Ever since starting to only do video
rendering while on hard, flat, surfaces (or keeping legs apart while on
lap), haven't seen a single heating problem. I also place two small pieces
of wood on the soft table to elevate the laptop high enough that air can
freely flow in/out. Solved the problem.

Yeah, this obvious, but make sure air can flow freely.

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