Comments on: Cooling fan

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:36:22 +0000

a-k,

i have hp dv9000 some thing went wrong with this when i press the power button i can see the only power light and 1 light from motherboard for less then sec or 1 sec and turn off .

any one can help plz i added the thermal past cleaned heatsink fan but sill same problem .

Most likely it’s either bad memory or motherboard failure.
Try removing memory modules one by one. Test the laptop with each module in either slot. If the problem doesn’t go away, most likely this is motherboard failure.
Pavilion dv9000 has a known problem with the motherboard – video chip failure.
You’ll find more info here: http://www.insidemylaptop.com/free-repair-hp-pavilion-compaq-presario-laptops-out-of-warranty/

By: a-k

a-k — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:30:41 +0000

i have hp dv9000 some thing went wrong with this when i press the power button i can see the only power light and 1 light from motherboard for less then sec or 1 sec and turn off .

any one can help plz i added the thermal past cleaned heatsink fan but sill same problem .

is any one knows whats going on with my laptop

will ve very thankfull

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:58:35 +0000

Aakash Jain,

I have an Acer 4937G. I have massive overheating problems, which escalate after playing games. I am unable to get good framerates on games due to the heat. The fan is working fine, it’s unclogged, but the ram, HDD, gpu and cpu are all too hot to touch.

If the fooling fan works and heatsink is clean, it’s possible you need to replace thermal grease between the heatsink and CPU.
Maybe thermal grease dried out and not working properly.

I have no idea how to take the laptop apart and what to do…

Maybe use the cooling pad?

By: Aakash Jain

Aakash Jain — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:24:30 +0000

Hi, I have an Acer 4937G. I have massive overheating problems, which escalate after playing games. I am unable to get good framerates on games due to the heat. The fan is working fine, it’s unclogged, but the ram, HDD, gpu and cpu are all too hot to touch. I have no idea how to take the laptop apart and what to do…Please help…

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:54:52 +0000

Alisa,

My Asus F6V laptop can boot but after logging, it turn off automatically. I try to turn on it but the second times i turn on , it turns off right away. I wonder my problem is. Can you help me?

Maybe overheating? Have you tried cleaning the cooling fan and heatsink? Can you hear the cooling fan working before the laptop shuts off?

By: Alisa

Alisa — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:39:04 +0000

My Asus F6V laptop can boot but after logging, it turn off automatically. I try to turn on it but the second times i turn on , it turns off right away. I wonder my problem is. Can you help me?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:20:28 +0000

It would be really handy if someone published a list of which laptops have easy access to the CPU heatsink for dust removal by removing a small cover, verus which laptop models require removal of the keyboard. Then we could buy accordingly.

By: canuck

canuck — Fri, 07 May 2010 10:43:42 +0000

I own MSI laptop with intel duo processor. Every 9-10 monthes I face the same problem- CPU fan stops spinning. So every few months I take my laptop to MSI representative and pay them to fix it, they finish the procedure in less than 10 minutes. The procedure consists of opening the case of the laptop, and removing the dust from the heat sink (this is how they explained it to me). Yesterday the same thing happened again. I decided to fix it myself. I opened the case removed the dust from everything I could, but the fan continued to be still. I brought it immediately to MSI representatives and they fixed problem once again. The reprsentative told me that he just put a thermal grease between processor and heat sink. He also admitted there was no dust inside the case. But then they had put the grease there 10 months ago! I suspect that they are not informing me completely about what exactly they are doing to fix my laptop, they know that it’s simple enough that I could do it myself instead of paying them money every few months to do it. For example they could be entering the BIOS setup and changing something (BIOS is responsible for initial fan spinning), I would be so greatful if anyone could tell me any related information to my problem.

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:55:54 +0000

Laura Taylor,

The question is, since it wouldnt come back on, is there more going on? Meaning did it fry like the motherboard or something else?

Yes, it’s possible you have another problem but I cannot tell what’s going on without looking at the laptop.
In order to start your laptop with video, you need only three main components: motherboard (with video card), processor and memory. If you cannot start the laptop with a known good AC adapter, there is a chance that one of the above mentioned main components is bad.

Try reconnecting memory modules. Try removing memory modules one by one and test the laptop with each one separately.

By: Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:52:58 +0000

My Dell latitude D600. My laptop overheated and shut down. Tried to turn it back on and it wouldnt come on. Found your site and opened it up omg no wonder it over heated. The question is, since it wouldnt come back on, is there more going on? Meaning did it fry like the motherboard or something else? I have cleaned the fan and heatsink. And I have no issue replacing the parts that need to be replaced. I just dont want to replace them and still not have it work because something else was damaged. So, is there a way of testing the system to see if it will come back on?