My Kids' Inspiron 1000 Overheats and Dies...

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The Hanrahans <yvonne.hanrahan@verizon.net> wrote:

> Bought it a year ago for my kids ($700 TV special). They use it a lot, but
> it overheats and flops out every couple of hours. Is there something I can
> do to fix this? I'm not very computer savvy, so any simple solutions would
> be greatly appreciated.

?? Under Windows, no less? I thought these things never happened
under Windows.

Check Dell's website and see if they have downloadable BIOS upgrades.
If they have a BIOS more recent than in your model, that may be
your solution. Can't help you much with the details, though.

--
pa at panix dot com

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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:46:38 GMT, "The Hanrahans"
<yvonne.hanrahan@verizon.net> wrote:

>
>Bought it a year ago for my kids ($700 TV special). They use it a lot, but
>it overheats and flops out every couple of hours. Is there something I can
>do to fix this? I'm not very computer savvy, so any simple solutions would
>be greatly appreciated.


Super-stupid question: Does the fan come on at all?

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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 15:52:34 GMT, "The Hanrahans"
<yvonne.hanrahan@verizon.net> wrote:

>Yes, the fan comes on quite a lot.


OK, at least we know now the fan is not broken.

Reset bios to factory and reconfigure and see what happens. Be sure it
says Power Management=ON. Go to the Dell's specific forum and ask for
help there if you are unsure how to go about this. Dell has one 1
year warranty?

The vents may have become choked with dirt, use some compressed air on
them but the best way is to dissasemble the unit and clean, but that's
dissassembly typically is not for the faint of heart.

Ur kids know not to use the notebook on any soft surface (ie. bed)
without some sort of rigid pad right?