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Inspiron 5150 overheating issue
If you are having trouble with your Dell 5150 loading games or programs and running normally, then slowing down, then speeding up again etc...
it may be due to overheating.
Mine was having this problem, i have now called Dell and they are replacing the heatsink and fan. I however still have to purchase and use Condensed Air spray monthly to keep the dust off the heatsink in future.
The following website and threads explain the issue and give solutions.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=139712
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=112325
http://www.geocities.com/i5100dustproblem/main/solution.html
I am a little annoyed that Dell locked the forum posts and do not have any information on this issue on their forums or website. It would have cut down my search time considerably.
Hope this helps someone in the same situation i was.
Cheers and good computing
Ian
it may be due to overheating.
Mine was having this problem, i have now called Dell and they are replacing the heatsink and fan. I however still have to purchase and use Condensed Air spray monthly to keep the dust off the heatsink in future.
The following website and threads explain the issue and give solutions.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=139712
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&message.id=112325
http://www.geocities.com/i5100dustproblem/main/solution.html
I am a little annoyed that Dell locked the forum posts and do not have any information on this issue on their forums or website. It would have cut down my search time considerably.
Hope this helps someone in the same situation i was.
Cheers and good computing
Ian
- I faced this problem of the 5150 getting overheated (scalding hot) and shutting down off and on without notice - black screen horror! I realised that the problem was caused due to lack of ventilation when the laptop is kept on a flat surface. I got over this by a simple solution - started keeping a book/diary under the front of the laptop so it is inclined backwards, and the front is say, 1/2" -3/4" above the table surface. Adequate free space is created below the laptop for ventilation. I have never encountered this problem since. Besides, i find the inclined position is also ergonomically very conducive to working long hours on the laptop .
- Thanks
Thats actually what i've started doing at work (laptop is used 7 /12 hrs each day working then at home.
2 cd cases at front and it seems to keep it cool, compressed air is still a good idea as i lowered the temp by 15 degrees when i used it.
Temp should be 32 - 38 when idle, if it's overheating (dust problem) temp is around 50 degree when idle.
Regards
Ian - You can get a little creative of course - I took a wine cork from a bottle of "Black Tower " (this was done after I of course had a glass or two of wine, each glass being 500 :) ) . It's now a plastic/foam type of cork. I cut it up into 4 equal sizes, and first crazy glued them beside the feet that are already there. Then, I hot glued them into place to make sure that they stay on. Since then, I've had adequate ventilation. The nice thing of course is that if any of the feet fall off, you can always say to your significant other that you need to get the wine to repair the machine :) (now of course, if romance is the object of wine, I'd recommend something like Blue Nun or some similar wine!)
walker373
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Posted February 11th, 2005 01:00
Your local electonics store should have it in cans.