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evilcableguy · 07-19-2007, 10:58 AM

No suprise right? I have come accross so many problems like mine. I am hoping that someone can give me something new to try. I think that it is a overheating issue at this point but I may be wrong. I have done all of the following:

Used 8 cans of compressed air(laptop was in Afghanistan for a year)
New thermal grease in the video card assembly and processor assebly
Installed WIN 98, low level format, re-installed XP PRO
All fans work, they run at different times
All software is updated including the BIOS.

My concerns are; the fans don't stay on. They will run for a few seconds at a time and then stop. The computer will shut down and the fans will come on again for a short time blowing out very hot air. I have to wait 5-15 minutes before I can turn the pc back on. The copper heat thing(sorry I don't know what it is called) that sits over the processor gets very hot in a short amount of time. Alienware states that if my keyboard BIOS and Sytem Bios are the latest that I should be able to hit FN + F2 and controll the fans. This does not work and my BIOS are the latest. When I used the copressed air I got quite a bit of dirt to come out along with some dust bunnies. I am not comfortable enough to take the entire laptop apart to blow it out. I took all the back panels and keyboard off. I am so lost and so curious as to what the problem may be. I don't want to pay ALienware to talk on the phone with them($50)just for them to tell me to send it in for another $250. I am hoping that I can fix this on my own with some help. Does anyone out there know how to work on Alienware laptops or just have some advice on what I am missing or could try? Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thank you.

07-19-2007, 10:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
evilcableguy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: I live in Bend Oregon Posts: 8 OS: XP PRO	Alienware Laptop Overheating(I think) No suprise right? I have come accross so many problems like mine. I am hoping that someone can give me something new to try. I think that it is a overheating issue at this point but I may be wrong. I have done all of the following: Used 8 cans of compressed air(laptop was in Afghanistan for a year) New thermal grease in the video card assembly and processor assebly Installed WIN 98, low level format, re-installed XP PRO All fans work, they run at different times All software is updated including the BIOS. My concerns are; the fans don't stay on. They will run for a few seconds at a time and then stop. The computer will shut down and the fans will come on again for a short time blowing out very hot air. I have to wait 5-15 minutes before I can turn the pc back on. The copper heat thing(sorry I don't know what it is called) that sits over the processor gets very hot in a short amount of time. Alienware states that if my keyboard BIOS and Sytem Bios are the latest that I should be able to hit FN + F2 and controll the fans. This does not work and my BIOS are the latest. When I used the copressed air I got quite a bit of dirt to come out along with some dust bunnies. I am not comfortable enough to take the entire laptop apart to blow it out. I took all the back panels and keyboard off. I am so lost and so curious as to what the problem may be. I don't want to pay ALienware to talk on the phone with them($50)just for them to tell me to send it in for another $250. I am hoping that I can fix this on my own with some help. Does anyone out there know how to work on Alienware laptops or just have some advice on what I am missing or could try? Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thank you.