| 7/27/2014 11:40:16 AM |
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josiemae
District Heights, MD
60, joined Jan. 2008
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I keep getting a message that my desktop is overheating, what do I have to do to stop this problem?
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| 7/27/2014 5:02:32 PM |
Desktop overheating |
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tileman1814
Kalispell, MT
66, joined Nov. 2007
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Clean the air intake screens.You might have to take it in and have the inside cleaned.
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| 7/28/2014 5:04:23 AM |
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_us4love
Salem, OR
50, joined Nov. 2013
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Clean the air intake screens.You might have to take it in and have the inside cleaned.
Semper Fi !!!
It sounds like your processor fan has quite or failing... that or maybe the heat sink it sits on has somehow come loose... or the fan in the power supply may have quit working... that will heat it up quick... none the less I think it's fan related somewhere... JMO =)
Are you only getting a message or does it just shut off on it's own after a few???
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| 7/28/2014 3:12:51 PM |
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josiemae
District Heights, MD
60, joined Jan. 2008
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Thanks for the suggestions from both of you.
Th keyboard section gets really hot.
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| 7/28/2014 7:21:39 PM |
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iamdriftwood
Redding, CA
46, joined Sep. 2012
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I am confused. You said desktop. Is it actually a laptop? A desktop keyboard would never get hot unless you set it on fire or something equally strange. If it is a laptop then its a fan or battery problem. Unless you know how to take them apart and diagnose them yourself you are better off taking it in for repair or if you have a warranty sending it in. If it is old you might want to consider the offset of cost to fixing vs. replacing.
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| 7/28/2014 8:00:14 PM |
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debyduh
Hamburg, PA
54, joined May. 2014
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Probably is a laptop and it is probably the fan dying or dead. You can try to buy and external laptop fan. You can get one for 15$ at Walmart.
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| 7/29/2014 11:41:30 PM |
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clarencec
South Yorkshire
United Kingdom
59, joined Oct. 2008
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If it's a laptop, my 17 inch one starts to overheat after a few months use and trips a sensor that shuts it down. What I do is remove a panel from underneath, vacuum around that and also around all the air intakes. If I've done it right this cures the problem until next time. I use my laptop in the same location all the time, so I've got it on a laptop cooler, which is an aluminium platter with fans running underneath to provide additional cooling. It plugs into a USB port. I reckon it helps.
This kind of thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop_cooler
[Edited 7/29/2014 11:42:20 PM ]
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| 9/10/2014 12:01:47 PM |
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tweek90
Morristown, NJ
27, joined Aug. 2014
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Aside from cleaning fans/internals, be mindful where you use your machine. If something is blocking or hampering airflow of the vents you can have heat build up.
So if its a say laptop use it on a desk table etc.
What I do if I use mine on a carpet or bed is sit it on a large hardcover book.
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| 9/12/2014 6:21:13 AM |
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gamerman17
New York, NY
30, joined Apr. 2010
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Set the desktop in the open in which the heat wont be caught in between the computer and the item that the computer is on. It would let the computer circulate clean air and prevent overheating. Also try cleaning out the fan that is underneath the computer for better air circulation. Either these or you may personally need to move the computer to a new location altogether.....gamer
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