On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 22:57, Joe MacDonald wrote: > I had the same problem with my Toshiba Satellite 1900. It is probably over > heating. > > I am not sure how your fan and air flow/vents are laid out on your laptop > but I took some off and blew out quite a bit of dust. Especially around the > air exhaust. If you can get to the actual fan that would be best. > > Don't get carried away and spin the fan at high speed using compressed air > as you will jsut burn out the bearings. > > Ever since I cleaned mine out I haven't had any problems. > > Let me know if this works. > > Joe MacDonald > jamacdon@xxxxxxxxx > If you laptop is overheating then ACPI/APM is not working correctly (dirty heat sinks and fans don't help either.)
