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Old 29-01-2009, 14:28   #4
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Re: Laptop shutting down

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
See if the bios has a temp readout so on reboot you can see what the problem is...

If not you should be able to find a manufacturer or evena 3rd party system monitor tool...

Personally from experience I'd get a tin of spray duster, take off the heatsinkfan cover (some laptops don;t have a fan cover though..) and get rid of all the acumulated dust
You'll probably want to do that outdoors. It's quite amazing how much crud comes out of some of them.
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