Toshiba laptop overheating problems?

Question

I have a 2 year old Toshiba Satellite P30-110. When it was around a year old it started exhibiting the shutdown problems that seem to be common & well documented. I controlled this by raising the laptop for additional cooling. I then discovered that if I reduced the processor power it would not get so hot. I did this about 6 months ago and the machine has not shut down since.

I decided to rebuild the machine. The ghost image gets about 25% in and the machine shuts down. I presume that, because I don't have XP reducing the processor speed, the dratted thing is now running at full pelt and overheating straight away.

I wanted to check if there was something in the BIOS to reduce the processor speed but there is a BIOS password! I don't remeber setting one and have no idea what it is. Backdoor passwords do not work.

Is there somewhere in the BIOS that will allow me to slow the
processor? Any other ideas for installing some sort of OS to allow me to contol this & resintall XP?

Answer 1

I know this sounds weird, but you can use your vacuum cleaner and have it suck air though the cooling vents of the laptop during the reload and setup!!!

If you're adventurous, you could order and install a new cooling fan. If you are under warranty, I'd have Toshiba fix it before reloading.

Answer 2

I had a Toshiba Satellite laptop. It heated up when I used it. My friends' laptop also had similar heating problem even when the brand is different.

I solved it by raising the laptop with a base cooler. There are 2 fans blowing the base of laptop through the base cooler. You can buy the base cooler from any PC shop. It helps.

Answer 3

i have a toshiba laptop, i'm not sure wether or not you can do anything in the bios, i'd say you should check the fans and see if they are working correctly, if not buy new ones