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Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?)

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RnR;1280503 Wrote: 
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:45:35 -0500, Thrasonic
> <Thrasonic.4r6ini@no.email.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >
> >Hi everyone.  I have a Gateway T-1625 that has started shutting off
> >randomly.  I noticed that when it shuts off the bottom of the laptop
> is
> >really hot, hotter than normal.  I'm guessing it's overheating.  I've
> >run some different utilities to see what the temps are like while
> doing
> >stuff and it will go anywhere between 65C and 90+C.  I took off some
> of
> >the stuff from the bottom of the laptop to make sure the fan was
> working
> >and it is so I'm not sure why it's suddenly began overheating and
> >shutting off.  Any ideas on what to do?  On another forum I saw
> someone
> >suggest to another person having an overheating problem to put some
> >arctic silver on the processor. I actually do have some and could
> >possibly do that if you all think that might help.  Somebody else
> >suggested updating the BIOS because maybe it will fix a fan issue or
> a
> >processor issue with the processor not throttling back to cool off a
> >bit.  Let me know your thoughts.
> >
> >PS - While on this form the temps been hanging out in the mid to
> upper
> >80's.  I'm not doing anything on the laptop but this right here.
> >
> 
> Think "compressed air"  as a first step.

Hi all.  So it's been a month and a few days ago this all started up
again.  I've noticed that every time the temp starts going up it will go
down immediately if I unplug the AC adapter.  Any thoughts on what might
be wrong?

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Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?) "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2011-03-29 16:18 -0500
  Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?) Thrasonic <Thrasonic.4sn0rq@no.email.invalid> - 2011-04-22 19:49 -0500
    Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?) UXD@somewhere.com - 2011-04-23 08:04 -0400
      Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-04-23 07:21 -0500
        Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?) "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-04-23 07:26 -0500

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