Laptop overheats & shuts down

1984ReturnsForReal_2

I have a Fujitsu Seimens Amilo Laptop

Is there any way of turning the fan speed up because sometimes it shuts down in the middle of a virus scan because it gets too hot?

I know pretty much nothing above IT hardware so if its a stupid question I apologise...

fiddiwebb

How old is it and what model?

Atasas

1- get hoower and with thin nozle Hoover out Grill points
2- Boot PC in safe mode- what happens?
3- to access Bios Settings: as soon as it start booting up hit F2 or Del button and somhere in advanced setting you could speed up fan- doubt worth it tho...

1984ReturnsForReal_2

fiddiwebb wrote: »

How old is it and what model?

L7310GW & about 4-6 years old....

I have took the back off before & vac the fan free of dust but that doesn't stop the tendency to cut out during a full scan if its been on for a bit.

I don't watch vids or play games on it. Just browse, email & word doc with the occassional photo etc..

Bettingmad

$~Get a laptop cooling pad, the laptop sits on. the pad and can be powered via usb.The: fans in the cooling pad keeps the lapt/op cool. I have seen them on amazon for ar/ound 10gbp. I would post a link, but haven't figured how to on a Blackberry yet.

Garetha

You can get a sort of pad which sits under the laptop with a fan built in driven by a USB connection. Might be worth considering.

List here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_/203-1014780-2231913?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=laptop+cooler

edit: and as I typed and searched Bettingmad got there first!

fiddiwebb

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

L7310GW & about 4-6 years old....

I have took the back off before & vac the fan free of dust but that doesn't stop the tendency to cut out during a full scan if its been on for a bit.

I don't watch vids or play games on it. Just browse, email & word doc with the occassional photo etc..

Was it just the fan you cleaned?

The heatsink can get clogged up with dust, see here........

http://overheatingguide8820.blogspot.com/

I would have a look again inside but according to the article above you might have to take the heatsink apart to clean it!

closed

Download siw.exe, sensors option, and see what is getting hot, disk or cpu.

Use on a flat surface.

bazster

Those laptop cooling pads are cheap enough to be worth a try, but I have to say I've got one and it had no effect at all on the temperatures in my laptop.