[ale] laptop diagnostics

[Ron Frazier]

I had a problem with a glob of dust blocking 3/4 of the "huge" 1 inch
radiator INSIDE of my Dell laptop.  The laptop kept overheating when
running under stress.  It would take a while to get there though.  I had
to take the cover off and carefully remove the heat pipe and radiator
and clean it.  I was afraid it wouldn't go back on properly, but I got
it back on.  I put some wedding ribbon, which is a very fine mesh, on
the fan intake to keep the big dust particles out.

Ron

On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 20:07 -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > never having worked on a laptop before, I'm lost. I was just sent a
> > laptop that is .. flakey to say the least. I actually saw it boot up to
> > the WIndows screen, but most of the time it either does nothing, or some
> > lights come on, then go out.
> > Dell Latitude D600. I can't even find where the hard drive is. there are
> > 2 screws that open on the bottom, one is the memory, not sure what the
> > other is.
> > 
> 
> Had a similar issue with a Dell D820.  The fan had failed, thus the 
> thing would eventually overheat.  Pretty sure the reason the fan failed 
> was because the vent was clogged with about 1/2" of crud.
> 

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