Overheating occurs when various physical components of a computer fail to cool themselves properly and start to get damaged, or cause the computer to shut off.
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computer cleaning with isopropyl alcohol
I bought a spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol, but I'm having a hard time to figure out how to use it to clean my computer.
My 2 concerns are:
Can I just spray it onto the motherboard? Or do I have ...
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Laptop so hot, it auto-shuts down while booting
I recently re-applied thermal compound on my Dell Inspiron laptop (link to teardown process : ...
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Overheat VAIO VGN-AW31ZJ; 100°C everywhere [closed]
Lately my laptop is always overheated and, to avoid shouting downs, it's always throttling. Any hint about how i can solve this issue?
It's out of warranty so i prefer to do it on my own at first.
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HP dv7-XG300AV runs at 75 degrees while idling
I realize that 75 degrees celsius isn't THAT bad, but while playing a game or watching videos/multitasking the processor goes up to 97 degrees and after a few hours will reach 100 and shut off. I've ...
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BIOS provide incorrect CPU tempatures?
I recently built a new AMD computer. The computer runs great (so I think). I have an after market fan on the processor. I installed a program called Core Temp to monitor CPU usage and temperature. The ...
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My laptop says I'm using around 10% CPU but it's running at 1.9GHz (i7 q720 rated at 1.6GHZ) constantly
as the title says, my laptop seems to be running really quick when technically it's not doing anything. The fan is always on full and although it hasn't got any stability issues I can't help thinking ...
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Laptop Overheating Issue - What should I replace?
So I have the Asus M50Vn (which is similar to the M50Sv, which there is a disassemble guide out there on Google if you'd like to know what mine looks like inside) that is about 6 years old and is ...
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Can the NVidia card on the Dell XPS 17 (L702x) overheat and crash applications?
I have a Dell XPS 17 (L702x). I've noticed repeatedly and constantly that when I run GPU intensive apps, they will crash to the desktop after 30-60 minutes. If the app uses the NVidia GPU, and does ...
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My desktop is restarted automatically
I have been using my PC for the last 6 years, but now suddenly it keeps restarting and then it stops detecting my hard drive. When I switch on my PC next day, it will detect the hard drive again and ...
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Dell AIO overheating? [closed]
A friend of mine has a two year old Dell All-in-One desktop. I was working on it today and saw that the motherboard is running around 155 degrees F when idle. This seems high. The CPU and hard drive ...
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Why does my laptop slow down after a few minutes when i'm playing a game?
I have a Dell Inspiron N5110 with a 2.5 Ghz Processor with Turbo Boost and a 1 GB dedicated graphics card and 4 GB RAM running Windows 7 Home Premium. Recently, when I play Skyrim and other games, ...
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PC crashes after a few minutes of watching video
I have a Dell ST2320L_HDMI monitor and a ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series. The PC itself is a Dell Inspiron 530S.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium. The Device Manager says my current driver for the ...
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CPU overheat after cleaning the fan
I have decided to clean my computer. I opened it, removed the fan from the CPU and cleaned it. It was jammed with a lot of dust. After I put it back, and it rotates much smoother and better, I started ...
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AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition CPU Overheating on Windows 7 64-bit
I was using the Windows 7 32-bit from last year, but switched to the 64-bit about 4 months ago. Since then I have noticed my CPU temp. is on rise.
It was working fine, but as the start of summer ...
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How do I keep my laptop fan on?
My Toshiba laptop is completely dusted out and I keep it on a dinner plate to keep a consistent air flow. The problem is the fan stops. I know that it is supposed to turn on when needed but it doesn't ...
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How can I prevent my Asus M50Sa from overheating?
My main computer is an Asus M50sa, which is about five years old now. The computer is still great but it continually overheats and shuts itself down whenever there is a heavy load on the CPU. I can ...
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CPU temperature range while Gaming
I'm checking the Core temperature using CoreTemp utility in Windows while gaming (GTA4, Batman Arkham City 2) on the following hardware:
Intel i7 2600 (LGA 1155)
Asus P8Z68 PRO/GEN-3 Mobo
8x2 GB ...
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Specific area of the laptop heats up unusually
This is the image of the laptop that I own [HP Pavilion DV4-2126tx].
Towards the left of the laptop is a RJ-45 socket where I connect the internet cable and close to it is the graphics card, ...
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How do I prevent the motherboard and CPU from overheating when playing a particular game?
I have a pretty decent system. However, when I play a certain computer game (Warcraft 3), the temperatures on my computer go up tremendously as shown here:
I have seen the motherboard temperature ...
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Laptop shuts down when playing graphic intense games [closed]
I have a laptop which always heated and shuts down after about 30 minutes when playing games like CS Source, xtreme v7, or DOTA. Is there any help for my laptop?
Spec:
Probook 4411s
Intel Core 2 Duo ...
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Windows 8 not using max CPU speed on heavy operations
On my Windows 8 laptop, whenever I'm doing video transcoding with Handbrake, it seems to limit the CPU usage to 44% and the CPU frequency to 42% or 43% of max allowed.
That probably means the CPU ...
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Linux Mint 14 severe overheating
I've tried switching to Mint (it was Mint 12) about 6 months ago, but failed to do it due to enormous overheating which made it virtually impossible to run any applications more complex than Gedit.
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Fedora 18 severe overheating HP Envy 4 1002tx in Gnome shell
I recently installed Fedora 18 x86_64bit version in dual boot mode on my HP Envy 4 1002tx machine and whenever I log into the Gnome shell I am facing very sever overheating of my laptop base and the ...
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Overheating issue
I've built a new system but it keeps overheating. It will run fine in the BIOS but as soon as I start something more intensive (like attempting to install the OS or using a live edition) the HSF's RPM ...
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VAIO Laptop overheat
I have a VPCF111FX VAIO laptop. Since I first bought it, even during low CPU usage, very hot air is blowing from its fan. The fan is also very noisy.
Sony published some BIOS update for it, and I ...
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How to solve overheating in Dell laptops while using Ubuntu 12.04 and later versions?
I have Dell N5010 laptop with Intel's i5 processor (1st generation), 4 GB of RAM.
I have been using Ubuntu for a quite long time ,since the versions 10.04 and later versions.
My Laptop was getting ...
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Computer shuts down in BIOS
I have a laptop that runs the OS just fine (fan runs fast though). I can use the computer as long as I want and will have no problems. If I restart it after using it for awhile, it will typically not ...
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GPU overheat on HP G62 laptop
Short problem description:
HP G62-b50SR, GPU temperature rises up to 90-100 degrees, computer begins to slow down and even shuts down sometimes. I cleaned my laptop many times, replaced thermal ...
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Fedora 18 overheating laptop
Since I migrated from Fedora 17 to Fedora 18 by doing a fresh install (only kept /home) I've been having overheating problems randomly. For absolutely no apparent reason everything heats up and ...
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Lenovo T410 overheats since replacing HDD with SSD hard drive
As already mentioned in the title, my Lenovo T410 notebook overheats regularly since I've replaced my old harddisk with a SSD harddisk.
My assumption is that the CPU is stressed since replacing the ...
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What happens to an x86/x64 computer when it's processor reaches maximum temperature?
I recently found out that x86/x64 processors have a maximum temperature defined in their spec sheet. In the spec sheet the "maximum temperature" is referred to as the "Core Tjmax".
For example on an ...
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Laptop overheating after doing the usual cleaning routine
I have a Vaio VGN-CR353 laptop was given to me around September or October 2012 and I installed Ubuntu on it. I have already made it into a very personal laptop and installed games under wine (SC2, ...
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How to find out if a laptop has been damaged by heat?
I'm trying to fix a laptop give to me by a user who reported to me that when logging out they don't wait for the laptop to logout completely, and instead immediately shove it in their bag (without ...
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Multiple hardware overheating
I've had the Acer Aspire X3810 computer for 3 years now and suddenly it has started overheating. I've cleaned out all of the dust within the case. I've experienced shutdowns and BSOD's when watching ...
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How much heat can a heat sensor on a video card handle?
I have some troubles with my XFX HD5770 (video card), the head sensors on my video card are broken but I'm out of warranty. I need to prove to the reseller that I didn't damage the head sensors by for ...
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Laptop Overheating with Windows 8
I recently installed Windows 8 on my HP G62 Laptop and I have been noticing a very strange problem with it.
Let alone, for lets say 5 minutes, without even touching it, it starts to heat up and it ...
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Intel Atom overheating in ASUS EEE Box 1501P
I have had an ASUS EEE Box 1501P for just a little bit over a year. Of course it breaks 2 months after the warranty runs out.
http://www.asus.com/Eee/EeeBox_PC/EeeBox_PC_EB1501P/
I have been using ...
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Laptop turning off when fan is spinning hard
My laptop seems to have reach its lifespan. Its an Acer laptop so I guess that's normal. But I'd like to hear your opinions about this.
My laptop is only 2 years old. I haven't heard the fan spinning ...
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Intel Core i7 QuadCore on HP Pavilion dv7 Overheating Issues
I bought a brand new HP notebook: HP Pavilion dv7-6b21em BeatsAudio edition. The notebook is about 2 months old and has pretty nasty overheating problem.
I mainly use it for development however i do ...
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Why do GPUs overheat?
About a year ago, I added a 9800GT (1 GB version) and a Corsair CX500 PSU to an HP M8000N computer. A few weeks ago, the HDD overheated and I decided to transfer the GPU & PSU to a new build, ...
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sapphire 5770 never idles
built a new computer with my old graphics card (on older computer it worked just fine, idling at 157/300 core/memory) while on the new pc, it's always on 850/1200 (those freqs are the full load) also ...
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Grey screen of death?
I built my computer in July of this year and have had no problems with it until about a month ago. Generally I leave my pc on overnight. (It goes to "sleep"). But sometimes I'll wake up in the morning ...
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Brand new Lenovo u410 heats up around touchpad
My Lenovo u410 started heating around the right palm rest minutes after I unpacked it!
I am devastated, because I bought this for programming, and it's impossible to type on this for extended periods ...
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Overheating Ubuntu - Alert me before of shutdown?
I have a problem on my Ubuntu (11.10 still) which causes my machine to do a critical shutdown.
I identified the problem as an overheating issue, seeing the following line in /var/log/syslog:
kernel: ...
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Can the GPU be disabled (turned off) on a laptop?
I have Asus G73-JH laptop with ATI 5870 GPU. It has some serious heating problems. I am running Windows 8. Is it possible to turn off the GPU and use the onboard graphics, like when simply broswing ...
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Computer shuts off after heatsink upgrade
I just recently replaced the stock heatsink that came with the AMD FX-8150 with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo and have been having a lot of issues with my computer ever since.
I first noticed the ...
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HP Pavilion dv6 overheating, how do I set fan speed to 100% all the time?
So I have a HP Pavilion dv6, and it works fine. But when I play, say, Minecraft, the temperature jumps to around 60c-70c. I wouldn't be bothered by this, but I bought this computer and played ...
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Multi-Harddrive Tower, Do I have to Worry about Overheating
I have been thinking of getting a third hard drive. Right now I have two already in my tower. The HDDs have a small compact separate 3-space bay in the bottom front of the tower.
In general, should I ...
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Run AMD Rana 455 CPU without retention bracket securing the heat sink?
I just recently got a 3.3GHz AMD Rana 455 CPU to replace an old X2, but one of the clips on the retention bracket broke off. I have another one ordered, but in the meantime I have some work I need to ...
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Why is my computer hanging / freezing randomly? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to diagnose repeated freezing of windows 7 (comes back alive in few seconds)
Randomly my PC completely hangs, and there is no overheating in the CPU, I have run ...
