Overheating

[horusfalcon]

Yeah... it's always better to work with the power off and the unit properly bled down (unplug, then hold the power button in for several seconds and release).  A lot safer for you and your equipment that way.

Later On,
D

[Bald Brick]

Hi,

I can go to the dollar bill store and get a whole set of the tiny
screwdrivers for $1.00

Great for those tiny screws in plastic and the top of regulators
on circuit boards, but, if you touch something without rubber
gloves on around the circuit board be prepared for a very, very,
sizable shock.   Computer engineers only should ever touch any
of those regulators, if any, or the surrounding framework.

My machine hovers around 135-140 F,  when in heavy use it's 153 F
with the fan on.   Then in seconds after the process finishes it returns
to 135-140 F  and just hovers there again, fan off.

So my CPU sensor is working and overall everything is working, so
I'll leave my machine as-is for the time being.

regards,

FF      

My machine now hovers around 115ºF, Before I used the toothpick it hovered around 160ºF and just watching a video clip would easily bring it over the limit where the system would shut down (194ºF to be precise). This doesn't mean that a paint brush or a pipe cleaner wouldn't be more effective than a toothpick. The point of my first post was just that compressed air and vacuum cleaners aren't enough.

[Just17]

Mine is running at 48C (118F) and I consider it a bit high and due for a clean out.

It will rise from that when playing HD video or such, to 65C (~150F) when the fans speed up and maintain that as max.

[Yankee]

My machine now hovers around 115ºF, Before I used the toothpick it hovered around 160ºF and just watching a video clip would easily bring it over the limit where the system would shut down (194ºF to be precise). This doesn't mean that a paint brush or a pipe cleaner wouldn't be more effective than a toothpick. The point of my first post was just that compressed air and vacuum cleaners aren't enough.

The bottom of my netbook has 2 tiny screws in plastic releasing one panel.
Next time at the dollar store I'll get a set of those screwdrivers.
Might be worth a look see as this machine is close to 3 years old.
Could be some dust affecting it a degree or two.

thanks for the advise,

FF

[horusfalcon]

My machine now hovers around 115ºF, Before I used the toothpick it hovered around 160ºF and just watching a video clip would easily bring it over the limit where the system would shut down (194ºF to be precise). This doesn't mean that a paint brush or a pipe cleaner wouldn't be more effective than a toothpick. The point of my first post was just that compressed air and vacuum cleaners aren't enough.

The bottom of my netbook has 2 tiny screws in plastic releasing one panel.
Next time at the dollar store I'll get a set of those screwdrivers.
Might be worth a look see as this machine is close to 3 years old.
Could be some dust affecting it a degree or two.

thanks for the advise,

FF

Those covers are usually for access to RAM and WiFi adapters.  Best course if you've never been inside a netbook before is to search for a teardown video on your model.  Netbooks tend to be put together kinda like puzzles.  Take things easy and slow, and learn all you can about how to get it apart before you try for yourself.  It might save you some headaches and damaged plastic parts.

Later On,
D