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Laptop Fan Constantly Runs & Gets Really HOT!
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hello. i was wondering if anyone could help me figure out why my laptop fan runs nonstop after startup. it usually takes a few minutes after starting it up, and then it continously runs until i get irritated and shut it down. also, the bottom of my laptop gets VERY hot. to the point where i cant even touch it, and i am scared to leave it on because it gets SOO hot! the keys also get pretty hot, but no where near as hot as the bottom of the laptop. its only a year old, so i dont know what could be wrong with it. i havent even really used it but a handful of times in the past several months and thats because it gets too hot and i dont know whats wrong with the fan.
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thankyou sooo much in advance!!!! --- danielle
i just downloaded hijack this, if anyone can help me out, i will post the log.
thankyou sooo much in advance!!!! --- danielle
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well, the fan is running because the cpu or something else is getting really really hot. the fan is not your problem, it's trying to do it's job. what kind of laptop? what cpu? os?
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Hello, As the first reply said, the fans are trying to cool the CPU. You have to have good airflow to get good cooling. Here are some checks thoughts:
1) Are you sitting the laptop on a soft surface that can block the cooling ports? blanket, table with a table cloth, bed, lap?
2) Is the cooling areas blocked with dust? Use compressed air to blow all the ports, fins, crevices out. If you can figure out the air flow, blow the dust out in the opposite direction.
3) Try one of those laptop cooling pads.
4) You may have more then one fan inside and one is not working.
bmadams
1) Are you sitting the laptop on a soft surface that can block the cooling ports? blanket, table with a table cloth, bed, lap?
2) Is the cooling areas blocked with dust? Use compressed air to blow all the ports, fins, crevices out. If you can figure out the air flow, blow the dust out in the opposite direction.
3) Try one of those laptop cooling pads.
4) You may have more then one fan inside and one is not working.
bmadams
i have a emachines [gateway supported] model# mx4625. the os is windows xp. when i alt-control-delete; sometimes it shows my cpu as 100% and then rapidly jumps down to 0% and then goes up to like 2%.
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Originally Posted by bmadams 
Hello, As the first reply said, the fans are trying to cool the CPU. You have to have good airflow to get good cooling. Here are some checks thoughts:
1) Are you sitting the laptop on a soft surface that can block the cooling ports? blanket, table with a table cloth, bed, lap?
2) Is the cooling areas blocked with dust? Use compressed air to blow all the ports, fins, crevices out. If you can figure out the air flow, blow the dust out in the opposite direction.
3) Try one of those laptop cooling pads.
4) You may have more then one fan inside and one is not working.
bmadams
i usually have it sitting on my bed, or on my lap. what brand cooling pad would you recommend?? i figure i could start with trying a cool pad, because i am not sure how to check to see if the cooling areas are blocked with dust. thankyou soo much for both of your responses =] -danielle
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Originally Posted by socal_dani
i have a emachines [gateway supported] model# mx4625. the os is windows xp. when i alt-control-delete; sometimes it shows my cpu as 100% and then rapidly jumps down to 0% and then goes up to like 2%.
Last edited by caperjack; Nov 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pm.
Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
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Originally Posted by caperjack
doesn't mean its not getting hot just because its not overloaded ,can of compressed air ,blow out the fan /heatsinc from the outside best you can ,might help i have laptop here that gets so hot the video goes crazy,blaptop freezes but its neither the fan bot the cpu ,so there is other things that cause heat buildup also
thankyou caperjack. so i should just try and can of compressed air, and hopefully that helps!! i will pick up a can, and let you know how that goes!! thankyouuuu!!!
okay, i have another question.. i'm not sure if you know anything about adding memory cards. but i wanted to add some more memory to my laptop.. this is what the gateway website said about the memory on my specific laptop.. my question is how much more can i add, and what kind? brand? all that good stuff.
512 MB DDR (1 × 512 MB) SODIMM (PC2700)
Expandable to 2 GB
Total: 2 DDR Slots | Available: 1 DDR Slot
thankyouuuu!!! -danielle
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Originally Posted by socal_dani
would this memory work?
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Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
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left in the middle of an edit ,to continue ,or 2 512 sticks for total of 1gb,how much ram in computer now
Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
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