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**TriggerFinger** · 04-29-2008, 09:27 PM

hi denise53,

have you tried cleaning the vents/heatsink? get a can of air and shoot some thru the vents to get the dust out.

about the heating of the cord, that is very strange. are you using the adapter that came with the notebook?

EDIT:
Oh sorry john, i did not see you there.

04-29-2008, 09:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LV, NV, USA Posts: 6,162 OS: DOS 6.0	Re: Computer keeps overheating and shutting off hi denise53, have you tried cleaning the vents/heatsink? get a can of air and shoot some thru the vents to get the dust out. about the heating of the cord, that is very strange. are you using the adapter that came with the notebook? EDIT: Oh sorry john, i did not see you there. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest Mark the THREAD as SOLVED Last edited by TriggerFinger : 04-29-2008 at 09:41 PM.