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Overheating and slow laptop

Started by Flacko, Jun 10, 2015, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Jun 10, 2015
    Recently my laptop makes a lot of noise and is overheating. Videos on flash player on firefox/chrome start stuttering after about 10 minutes. I've opened it up and cleaned the inside from dust and also use a cooling pad. But it gets very hot in like 20 mins and becomes very slow. Sometimes it will shutdown on its own. I even restored it by deleting everything but this has not helped. Its a couple of years old.

    Anyone have any advice?
     
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    Jun 10, 2015
    Build a cabin in the woods and live off the grid.
     
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    Jun 10, 2015
    buy a computer
     
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  5. Charlie Work
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    Jun 10, 2015
    If your drive is clicking, that's a really bad sign. I'd hit up Craigslist and see if there's anybody local who would take a look at it for a small fee. You should probably start saving up for a new laptop.
     
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  6. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Jun 10, 2015
    I have one. Im using the laptop hooked up to my tv as media center.
     
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  7. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    The drive is not clicking. The fan is making a lot of noise.
     
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  8. Charlie Work
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    Oh, in that case it just sounds like a bad fan. Hit up a local shop or somebody on Craigslist to have it replaced. I'd still suggest having them make sure that's the problem in the first place.
     
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  9. Lil Squeed
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    Jun 10, 2015
    cool it down and make it faster
     
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    Jun 10, 2015
    Put it in rice
     
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  12. Apoogies
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    Jun 10, 2015
    Sounds to me like the System32 virus :stephena:
     
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    Jun 10, 2015
    Did you try Alt+F4?
     
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    So many cringe attempts to be funny itt
     
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  15. Juney Dark
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    Jun 10, 2015
    More than likely the fan is coated with dust, my desktop got like that the other day, I had to clean the fan off..and now it's running quite well. You may need to get a can of compressed air, and see if that helps.
     
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  16. mow
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    Jun 10, 2015
    It is really hard to clean the whole laptop. You can't clean everything without taking most of the components off
     
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  17. Flacko
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    Already did that
     
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    Maybe it's the battery?..could need replacing.
     
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  19. Goku
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    Jun 10, 2015
    Well I have the same problem, my laptop is so f---ing hot I could fry an egg on it
     
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    Sounds like you need to take the fan out and clean the heatsink
     
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