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Asked by alanlsilverman in PC Laptops, Computer Fans and Cooling
My client brought in his daughter's 3-4 year old gateway laptop. It had various problems. The first and most serious was the fact that the hard drive couldn't be accessed. I took it out, attached it to a desktop via USB and after running a very long chkdsk was able to grab her documents off it.
Then I put it back in the laptop but it wouldn't boot. It started and then would immediately shut down. That usually indicates overheating and in fact when I put it on end and shot a floor fan at the bottom I could boot it successfully and it would stay up. I tried an inland pro notebook cooling pad but that didn't seem to do the job. (That was only one test.) A better laptop fan might or might not take care of that.
Now I have to advise the customer whether the laptop is worth doing any more work on it. If it were a desktop and I could just clean it out and/or replace the power supply I would say yes. If I can get by with just a laptop cooler I'd say yes. If I have to monkey with a new power supply or anything like that, Id say no.
Is there any cleaning I can do to a laptop to make it run cooler? Is it worth putting more work into?
Thanks,
Al
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