[tlinux-users:07742] Re: overheating and shutdown (for me that is)

jt wrote:
> This is all over the net and the long  story short in my case and i suspect
> in just about all cases is dust blocking the cooling airway.
> 
> I have Satellite A75-226  ran fine for 1.8 years  then started randomly
> shutting down under medium to high CPU load.
> I thought ACPI, no not the problem here.
> 
> Read about the dust/lint collecting  on various parts in the Laptop
> Took my  120PSI air hose to the unit, fans, heatsink, every nook and
> cranny and all over the keyboard and problem solved, fans are now
> quite, did full  compile of kernel 2.6.16 and fan stepped up only one
> notch in speed.
> 
> BTW  Toshiba recognizes this problem and they have extended the
> warranty on some models until  year end  2006.
> There is also a class action suit about this problem.
> Richards Computer (Atlanta, Dallas,  others) told me about the
> extended  warranty, but the high pressure air  solved it for me.
> 
> BTW I would not bother with the canned air go to a tire shop etc.
> and use their high volume air, it will work  better.
> 
> I will update this list if I start having problems again, but  I believe
> I solved the problem by blowing the dust away,
> Ps be careful of spinning the fans too fast with the compressed air,
> you could ruin them.
> jt
> 
> 

Carefull using air from a tire shop.  You can get water in that source 
of air and end up spraying water into your computer/laptop(been done 
that have the wrecked computer).

Canned air is dryed and cleaned to a much higher standard that tire shop 
compressed air...

Lyle