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James Ausmus wrote: |
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> On 7/24/07, Marko Kociæ <marko.kocic@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> |
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>> during this summer when temperatures are high, I noticed that my |
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>> laptop often (almost always) overheat when I try to emerge some |
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>> larger package (gcc, glibc, kernel, ...) |
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>> This started happening some time ago, but was bearable until now. Now |
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>> I can't compile almost anything, my laptop just switch off. |
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> Try cleaning out the laptop vents with a can of compressed air - if |
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> you're beyond warranty (or it won't void your warranty), then open up |
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> all the covers on your laptop that you can, and get all the |
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> dirt/dust/lint blown out that you can. |
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> HTH- |
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> |
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> James |
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9 out of 10 times compressed air fixes this. I just impressed my cousin |
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last month with this $2.99 fix when he was looking for a much more |
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expensive and involved fix. |
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kashani |
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