So my laptop I think may be on its last leg. It still runs fairly fast, but it auto shuts off after like 15 minutes from overheating. Would an eternal fan fix this? Or should I just buy a new laptop, which is something I don't wanna do. Suggestions? 

Ever cleared the dust from the inside? An external fan is not going to do anything if the heat cannot go out.

7 minutes ago, Hi G00gle said:

Ever cleared the dust from the inside? An external fan is not going to do anything if the heat cannot go

Do I need to take the whole bottom off to get to it? Sorry not tech savvy at all 

2 minutes ago, xRanger said:

Do I need to take the whole bottom off to get to it? Sorry not tech savvy at all 

you can use google right? lmfao

ps: you can take it to a shop where they will use compressed air to get rid of the dust;)

Edited October 5, 20187 yr by gearing

3 minutes ago, xRanger said:

Do I need to take the whole bottom off to get to it? Sorry not tech savvy at all 

 

To put it plain and simple: Yes. Just because it bulks up at the fan doesn't mean you fix the problem by clearing it there. If there is dust in the surrounding parts, it might just get back as fast as you cleaned it, seeing as you are getting air flow in it, which _might_ move the dust.

Edited October 5, 20187 yr by Hi G00gle

1 minute ago, xRanger said:

Do I need to take the whole bottom off to get to it? Sorry not tech savvy at all 

Open the Bottom of the Laptop, be careful as some Models Even have screws under the small rubber holders.

Once the Bottom cover is off use an air can (http://prntscr.com/l2evx6) All PC Shops and Most Ironmongers have them - refrain from using cloths or brushes, they can damage the MOBO.

Make sure you get all the dust off the Fans.

 

If you open the Laptop and you see minimal dust, you might need to look at getting fresh Thermal paste on your CPU, however this is not straight forward but definitely there's guides you can follow for it.

2 minutes ago, OSRS Butlers said:

Open the Bottom of the Laptop, be careful as some Models Even have screws under the small rubber holders.

Once the Bottom cover is off use an air can (http://prntscr.com/l2evx6) All PC Shops and Most Ironmongers have them - refrain from using cloths or brushes, they can damage the MOBO.

Make sure you get all the dust off the Fans.

 

If you open the Laptop and you see minimal dust, you might need to look at getting fresh Thermal paste on your CPU, however this is not straight forward but definitely there's guides you can follow for it.

 

Also make sure to refresh the thermal paste on the GPU if you don't have an integrated GPU. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are better of looking at Google results, else this thread will probably just become an all round guide for laptops lol.

Haha alright gonna check out some vids on this stuff thanks 

Just now, xRanger said:

Haha alright gonna check out some vids on this stuff thanks 

 

Last thing I'd like to mention: If you still have warranty, and it might become overheated and break down, you lose warranty. After all, they will say it's your responsibility to take care of the 'health' of the laptop. And yes, if there are no signs that you may not open it up, you are free to do so. But, if it says you lose warranty if you open it up, you are better of sending it back, else you still lose warranty. 

Last resort would be the pay to play option of getting a supplemental cooling pad that you can put under and helps circulate air.

Thanks everyone!

What if it wasnt from overheating

Any temp checks?

1 minute ago, Charlotte said:

What if it wasnt from overheating

Any temp checks?

No I'm assuming it is cause the computer gets hotter than fuck than shuts off like hot to touch

Could be fan failure or like people said, dust clogging shit up. Be careful when disassembling, there can be small cables there that have very fragile connectors.

3 hours ago, Charlotte said:

What if it wasnt from overheating

Any temp checks?

Normally you can do a check list. Would the laptop shutdown when there is a hard disk failure? Probably, but by the amount of times it had happened, it would have died a long time ago. Was it a faulty RAM issue? No, because you wouldn't get to see anything on the screen. Can it be a motherboard failure? It could, not likely. Can it be a faulty GPU? No, else you wouldn't see a screen. Can it be a processor problem? Yes, but that might aswell be related to the heat. What I do agree with, is to check the temperature. Use CoreTemp to check your temperatures, which can be downloaded from here.

If the temperature is alright, then your problem is not the dust or anything of that matter. If the temperatures are normal, you might want to look into some more testing of all the hardware, in that case I would recommend Hiren's boot CD.

If it might come that far, please let me know so I can assist you further.