[SLL] Laptop getting a bit warm

[Ryan Allen]

* Mike Stunes <kc0tqx at sio.midco.net> wrote on [07-23-07y 09:10]:
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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.
> 

Yeah, I had to dig up specific disassembly instructions on Dell's site.
There were a lot of tricks specific to that Dell, as I'm sure there are
for your laptop.  You might want to do a few searches for your model.

-Ryan


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