no luck, the hdd is very hot when i feel it, I have been using a different power plug ac adapter since i got the laptop
is it possible that im using the wrong voltage? its 24v 1.8a output

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I will give it a go

its extremely hot though, it literally burns my legs and sometimes smells of burning

yeah im fine about the ram - its the overheating cd drive and floppy im worried about as it is causing everything else to heat up

I think everest documented it around V2.25

I applied new paste, There was no dust in the laptop at all, and i noticed its running at around 52 degrees now -- The cd drive and RAM seem to be extremely hot too - I can tell from when the laptop...

thanks for your help guys
the speedfan readings are slightly off from everest but the laptop feels hot underneath, I am going to take the laptop apart and get rid of any dust, I spoke to a guy at a...

yeah it has a couple of times

I own a clevo 2700t laptop - it has been very very hot lately and it literally burns on my lap as im using it.
I ran speedfan and it calculated to temperatures from 60 to 70 degrees?
what should i...

It depends, I had an issue like this where my memory was slightly out and had dust in the slot - and it could be an overheating problem -- try getting a hold of another stick of ram and test it out...

oh oops- i didn't realise he was talking about the psu fan :lol:

yeah i use to get this
plausibly all it takes is a vaccum cleaner or can of compressed air or shove a pipe cleaner between the fan blades
good luck

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it sounds hard but open up the laptop and check that thre is no fan motor damage and no cables in the way--since the laptop is old make sure there is not bigass piece of dust trapped in it

good...