Re: Latitude CPiR heat shutdown

See my "Inspiron 2500 problems -- SOLVED" thread above.

I had a similar, but more severe, problem with my daughter's laptop. Turned
out to be in need of new thermal grease between the CPU and heat sink. The
fans startup because heat is not being removed from the CPU fast enough. It
shuts down to keep from burning up the CPU.

Good Luck

"Raymond Cruz" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YIDrf.3721$7P2.2290@xxxxxxxxxxx
> My vintage Latitude CPiR laptop (400MHz, PII) still has value to me but it
> may be suffering from a thermal problem. During a couple of recent
> attempts
> to perform a lengthy virus scan I found that the machine had auto
> shutdown.
> So in another attempt, I patiently observed its operation and saw that
> after
> some time the cooling fan started and shortly thereafter the machine
> shutdown. The odd thing is that in all the years I've owned it I never
> recall hearing the fan start up previously - in fact I often wondered
> whether it worked at all.
>
> The logical thing seems to be to open the machine and see if there is any
> air flow obstruction due to accumulated dust or whatever however I was
> wondering if the NG could offer any advice before I do that.
>
> RC
>
>


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