Overheating Laptop

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I just wanted to add my exp with my amilo D laptop. It is now around 2.5 years old, and due to overheating it has blue screened numerous times. Since day 1, I have had nothing but problems with the hardware overheating, sometimes so hot after 20 mins of running with web browsing, it is so hot that I cannot touch the touchpad. It has been sent back to Fujitsu at least 5 times, each time it comes back with almost every internal component being replaced. The rubber feet on the bottom have melted off. I work in the IT industry and to me this is unacceptable, I did some googling and found others with the same issue. But none with a definitive answer. Mine has been behaving only slightly better, but I have been using a heatpad with fans in it, but sadly this does not stop the machine from running so hot - however on the plus side it has not blue screened for a few months now, or totally powered itself off as it once did on a regular basis. I am not sure if any of this has been helpful. Good luck with this

Nikolai

I've also got an Amilo D and have had overheating problems - only ever used on a desk with space around it etc. I use a program called Notebook hardware control which has the facility to report both the hard drive and cpu temperatures. You can set it so that it warns you when a certain temperature has been reached. When this happens I have to put the laptop into standby for a while.
By the way, it seems to be the HDD which is overheating - CPU is always at 75 C.
I've opened it up to clean it out but didn't find any problem with dust in there, but to get to the HDD you have to more or less take the whole thing apart which I found a bit daunting so I left it.
Good luck.

Mizz_Pink

I tend to see a lot of these, Dell and toshibas that overheat , mostly down to buildup of fluff and dust.

Depending on model you need to pop one of the screw panels off the bottom, usually near where the copper cooler is (you can see this through the vents)

once its off you can usually see where the cpu cooler is. Examine carefully and remove the heat sink off the cpu - usually 4 screws keeping the springy cooler on.

If you have the heat pipe type, now is the time to play play your laptop like a harmonica (Well blow from the outside of the copper cooler, where the vent is, and make sure you get all the dust out.

If theres any other dust and fluff build up, blow off what you can, and use a paintbrush to remove stubborn fluff.

While the cpu cooler is off you will be wise to re-apply some silicon grease to the processor - a thin layer. You can get silicon grease form your local pc supplier or order off the internet https://www.aria.co.uk

Now put the cooler back on and assemble the laptop.

THE WHOLE PROCESS PROBABLY TAKES 5 MINS - SO DONT BE SCARED.

Its saved many a laptop for me.