I've had experiance with several laptops that after a year or so have "OVERHEATING" problem, the fan begins to run louder then eventually the computer just turns off. I began to fan mine, once the fan noise becomes loud, but if this is a common problem what can you do? I looked it up on the Toshiba website/ and dont seem to have a manufacture problem on that.
What can you do besides fan it to cool it down?
2007-07-03 13:36:23 · 16 answers · asked by Arena 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I dont know much about laptops so I dont know what upgrades you can get but for pc's you can usually upgrade to a better quality heatsink and fan. The heatsink and fan are what keep your cpu from getting too hot.
2007-07-03 13:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by eldude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happened to my dell laptop all the time! I found this thing made by Targus at Target. It is something you place under your laptop that runs off the USB with a built in fan that draws the heat away from the computer and out the back of the computer. Hopefully I will be able to link you to it, it solved my comps problem completely.
2007-07-03 13:42:08 · answer #2 · answered by *Amanda* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confirm it is a heat problem. When a CPU loses it mind some hardware turns on the fan as a safety measure.
So run your computer on a hard surface, not a blanket and put a fan on it while you run it. If it crashes anyway it could be the application you are running. Check for driver updates and application updates too.
2007-07-03 13:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ron H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the fan inside the laptop. It may be clogged with dust.
Also, you can buy a cooling pad that will add an external fan onto the laptop to cool the system. There is also liquid cooling, but I don't know much about that.
2007-07-03 13:40:17 · answer #4 · answered by Pablo A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you use the appropriate Fan Coolers, that install over the fan to cool them, there are several kinds, the Liquid Cooling Process seems to be a popular one.. Good Luck
2007-07-03 13:39:31 · answer #5 · answered by Devil Dog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be your processer. If your laptop is old your processor may not be able to cope with newer programs. You could try and use a later processor or buy a external fan. Also as you said its on a hard surface not much air would be getting out due to the less space available.
2016-05-17 21:19:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello....
May be you have a bad motherboard or a fan....
But you can go to best buy or office depot and buy yourself one of those things that you put below your laptop and they have like 4 fans and they blow cold air to the bottom or your laptop....
may be that can help your computer to no overheat.
2007-07-03 13:40:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, make sure you're cleaning out your air vents with some electronic duster (canned compressed air), and if you still seem to be overheating try one of these:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6211752&type=product&productCategoryId=cat08006&id=1074788100200
They seem to help.
Hope that helps!!
2007-07-03 14:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by idioticgenious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, there's this thing that you can buy that you put under the laptop and it has a fan, as well as usb ports. sorry i don't know what it's called but that might help.
2007-07-03 13:54:29 · answer #9 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wel it depends what kind of surfacce it is on if u have it on ur bed or a pillow, that is a fire hazard u need to have it on a desk or flat hard surface, if u do then u need a cooling station
2007-07-03 13:40:25 · answer #10 · answered by sam c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋