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[astri13]

Sigh, the ventilation on my laptop turns itself on and runs for hours. And it`s freaking loud. Now I don`t think that`s normal, the running all the time that is. The noise seems to be a trademark of this model. Also my working speed - everything I try to do, opening files, programes, shifting files, running certain operations - everything takes a shitload of time suddenly. I freed up more space on the harddrive, more than enough really, still not much effect. I`m having the sneaking suspicion my compi runs programes it isn`t supposed to and slows me down that way but how can I figure this out? Any ideas? I could deal with the slowness but the neverending ventilation is unbearable.

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[spinfrog.livejournal.com]

it sounds like your computer thinks it's over-heating - hence the fan constantly running... maybe it really is overheating and maybe you need a better fan? and/or - did you try opening it up and using a can of pressurized air to blow all the dust out? evil dust bunnies live between the circuits and the boards and the belts inside your computer's case, and they can make over-heating a problem... also, vacuum the filter... :)

...or it could be that your computer has a faulty sensor that keeps triggering the fan while no actual over-heating occurs...

[astri13.livejournal.com]

maybe it really is overheating and maybe you need a better fan? and/or - did you try opening it up and using a can of pressurized air to blow all the dust out?

I`m always a bit apprehensive to do anything physical with then notebook because if I screw it up, I pretty much have no back-up. At least internet connection would be a bust. However I`m hoping to get a new computer (or rather older one from someone else) by next week so maybe then I can have a technical-savvy friend give the notebook a once-over. Le Sigh, it`s always something with this thing.