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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

#105 — Re: Gateway randomly shutting off (overheating?)

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.

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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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#165

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:49:22 -0500, Thrasonic
<Thrasonic.4sn0rq@no.email.invalid> wrote:

>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?

Sounds like the AC power supply is what's overheating. Either it's
failing, or the excess heat is causing something else to fail.  Might
need to replace the power supply.

- Paul

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#166

In news:dvf5r611b20970fs6ctk0439itoo7vspdl@4ax.com,
UXD@somewhere.com wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:49:22 -0500, Thrasonic
> <Thrasonic.4sn0rq@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Sounds like the AC power supply is what's overheating. Either it's
> failing, or the excess heat is causing something else to fail.  Might
> need to replace the power supply.

Or the battery could be going bad and drawing too much power. Try 
running it without the battery and see what happens.

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 

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#167

In news:ioug85$h8p$1@dont-email.me,
BillW50 wrote:
> In news:dvf5r611b20970fs6ctk0439itoo7vspdl@4ax.com,
> UXD@somewhere.com wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:49:22 -0500, Thrasonic
>> <Thrasonic.4sn0rq@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> Sounds like the AC power supply is what's overheating. Either it's
>> failing, or the excess heat is causing something else to fail.  Might
>> need to replace the power supply.
>
> Or the battery could be going bad and drawing too much power. Try
> running it without the battery and see what happens.

Oh yeah, I don't know what kind of processor you have, but some Intel 
and AMD processors can change speeds. And depending on the power 
options, it could be set to run at full speed on AC and low speed on 
battery. And running at slow speed, the processor cools down really 
fast.

-- 
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 

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