Toshiba Tecra 8000 overheating

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Jerry Lewis wrote:

> What are some of the signs that can tell you that the notebook is
> overheating

Excess heat, the sound of the fans coming on, and finally shutdown. Do
you hear the fans coming on? If not, there's the source of your
problem, either dead fans or dead thermistor that would turn on the fans.

> and what are some of the solutions you can take to make it
> not overheat?

Try not to run the computer with a fully depleted battery; let the
battery charge with the computer off.

Lower the processor speed.

Disconnect hi-power PC Card and USB devices.

Allow the computer turn off unused devices.

Set the fans to run all the time (power option in the BIOS)

Turn down the backlight.

Make sure you're using the correct AC Adapter, and that it is providing
the correct voltage.

lycka till!
GTr
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Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Hi Quaoar,

160deg Fahrenheit is approximately 71.1deg Celsius. My HP Pavilion zd7010us, running a 2.66GHz Pentium IV under load for more
than 15 minutes runs about 67deg Celsius with no shutdown or erratic behavior.

Also, might I recommend MobileMeter ( http://tinyurl.com/3et5s ). I have found that hmonitor does not run on as many different
laptops as MobileMeter.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly

Quaoar wrote:
> Get a can of compressed gas dust cleaner at a computer store. Blow out
> the cooling system from the exhaust ports, thoroughly. This should
> offer some relief. Get the trial version of hmonitor.exe (google).
> Monitor the CPU temp for a while to become accustomed to how it varies.
> Monitor during a disk defrag. If the temp exceeds 160F (or 55C), then
> you should open the case and remove any fibers, etc, blocking the inlet
> to the heat exhanger (or send for warranty service).
> [This assumes a heat pipe cooling system].
>
> If the Toshiba power panel (not the XP power settings) has a "quiet
> mode" or "CPU throttle" setting, try that. This will interrupt
> processor cycles to mimic a reduced CPU frequency at high temperatures.
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