zedaxax Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I hope this helps any of you who sadly know this problem. - Yes i have gone thru the occasional blowing air thru all the Vents to remove dust particles. Also Have had it standing on books, lifted up on the "hot" side etc But the problem of it overheating and closing down still continued.. (really ****ed me off) - have even had to work with laptop right by open window - minus degrees outside. A Solution On my laptop there more vents to suck the air "in" than "out" - infact there is only "One" vent which lets the air out. so out of frustration i simply removed one of the "grids" in the "out" vent. (using a dremel) And Voila Ever since i did this tiny "mod" - i haven't had a overheating problem since. :yes: simply cause the air is released easier. Infact the machine is running as it should always have done. The pictures below show Photoshopped alternation of what i did. However simple or banal this looks :laugh: it worked for me. I'm sure you could remove more, even on the inlet grids etc, but i hope i don't have to go that far...ever. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Nicely done. My laptop has been frequently shutting down due to overheating recently. The fact that we are in the middle of summer here might have more to do with this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deactivated Account Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I hope this helps any of you who sadly know this problem.- Yes i have gone thru the occasional blowing air thru all the Vents to remove dust particles. Also Have had it standing on books, lifted up on the "hot" side etc But the problem of it overheating and closing down still continued.. (really ****ed me off) - have even had to work with laptop right by open window - minus degrees outside. A Solution On my laptop there more vents to suck the air "in" than "out" - infact there is only "One" vent which lets the air out. so out of frustration i simply removed one of the "grids" in the "out" vent. (using a dremel) And Voila Ever since i did this tiny "mod" - i haven't had a overheating problem since. :yes: simply cause the air is released easier. Infact the machine is running as it should always have done. The pictures below show Photoshopped alternation of what i did. However simple or banal this looks :laugh: it worked for me. I'm sure you could remove more, even on the inlet grids etc, but i hope i don't have to go that far...ever. ;) 585372881[/snapback] Also it could be because the laptop you have looks like a Emachines. Emachines have lots of over heating. they have lots of stuff that are wrong with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue` Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Dremels are an awesome tool, well done on the mod :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedaxax Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 Its a Siemens AmiloD, garantuee has xpired. but none the less my roomate owns a DELL 82000 and it also overheated, until we did the same trick. and yes my laptops a piece of **** inrelation to "durability" in long term. it is pentium 4. Does this count as a (mini) "Mod"? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glo Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Hi, I have exactly the same problem. It started about 3 months ago. I have a Sony laptop PCG FRV 35. Can I do the same thing as you did in the back grid? mine is like this llllllllllllllll But I can cut them anyway with the dremel. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Glo I hope this helps any of you who sadly know this problem.- Yes i have gone thru the occasional blowing air thru all the Vents to remove dust particles. Also Have had it standing on books, lifted up on the "hot" side etc But the problem of it overheating and closing down still continued.. (really ****ed me off) - have even had to work with laptop right by open window - minus degrees outside. A Solution On my laptop there more vents to suck the air "in" than "out" - infact there is only "One" vent which lets the air out. so out of frustration i simply removed one of the "grids" in the "out" vent. (using a dremel) And Voila Ever since i did this tiny "mod" - i haven't had a overheating problem since. :yes: simply cause the air is released easier. Infact the machine is running as it should always have done. The pictures below show Photoshopped alternation of what i did. However simple or banal this looks :laugh: it worked for me. I'm sure you could remove more, even on the inlet grids etc, but i hope i don't have to go that far...ever. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I hope you never have to sell it. Hacking pieces off will seriously reduce it's value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invizibleyez Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 I have a hp zt1000 and have had many overheati shutdowns. I bought a cooling pad for it, but still could overheat the laptop. I took it apart recently and cleaned the fan and heatsink with isopropyl alcohol, q-tips, and paper towels. It hasn't overheated since, and I haven't used the cooling pad either. I did notice that my fan only has an exhaust vent, and no intake vent. I was thinking about drilling or dremeling an intake vent, but didn't know if I should mess with it, since it's working great now. Should I definitely have an intake vent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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