[tlinux-users:07757] Re: overheating and shutdown (for me that is)

Hello jt,
This is a bit of a daft question, perhaps, but you've
clearly solved the problem. How did you get at the
'guts' of your Satellite? There are some screws marked
B16 on the base of my Sat Pro 4600, which look as
though they could release the entire base, but I'm
wary of removing them, having had a very nasty
surprise just recently when doing just that with
another device. I don't know how alike the A75 and the
Pro 4600 are, but they may be similar in this respect.
Anyway, thanks for reading this. Cheers, Lawrence.

--- jt <[email protected]> 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
> 
> 
> 


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