[SLL] Laptop getting a bit warm

[Mike Stunes]

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> I had this same problem on my old dell laptop.  The CPU was running
> ~20 degrees hotter then when it was new, and the fan was constantly
> screaming.  I fixed it by taking the whole thing apart, and blowing
> a metric ton of dust out of the heat syncs and fans.  My air vents
> looked clean from the outside too, BTW.
Well I tried taking it apart--took out every screw I could find, but I
couldn't get the case apart. Instead I did give it a few sharp breaths
through the exhaust port--a few chunks of dust did come flying out.
We'll see if that helped.

BTW, a handy tip I figured out doing this is, if you've accidentally
stripped out the screws on the bottom (like the little tiny ones for
the memory panel or something) so badly that a normal screwdriver
can't do it, try the "flat phillips" tool on a Leatherman multitool
(mine's a Squirt P4). It worked for me.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

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73, Mike
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