The laptop does not overheat when jaws is not running. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 9:25 AM Subject: Re: Overheating > I would also be curious to know if it happens with no use of jaws but > perhaps narrator or no speech at all but of course, that might be difficult > to determine. If it is tested with no speech, you cannot have jaws start > first and unload it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan" <dnkeys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:58 AM > Subject: Re: Overheating > > > Hi, > I would be curious to know if this over heating problem also happens when > using external synthesizers. Or even when using something like the internal > TrippleTalk. > In other words, when the speech output is not on the computers main sound > card. > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Gould" <gould100@xxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:44 AM > Subject: re: Overheating > > > > Peter - > > > > Your overheating problem is something I discovered several months ago and > > has been confirmed by several others of us on the beta test list. It > > happens to me on a desktop, and I can monitor sudden temperature spikes > > that can only be stopped by unloading and reloading JAWS. Freedom > > Scientific has attempted to solve this problem but hasn't yet been able to > > reproduce it. So don't waste a lot of time trying to find other > > culprits. Earlier versions of JAWS do not seem to cause it. We all hope > > it can be solved in the future. > > Original message: > > From: "peter" <pjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: overheating > > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:08:06 -0500 > > > > HI,I am using jaws 5 with XP on a Dell inspiron 8200. After using the > > laptop for 20 to 40 minutes,it overheats,fan comes on. Jaws is very > > sluggish while > > fan is running. Fan does not shut off. > > My sighted partner uses laptop for hours,with no overheating. I did not > > have this problem with jaws 4.5.1 . > > Any suggestions? > > thanks > > Peter > > > > ------------------------------ > > Best regards, > > Ken > > E-mail address: gould100@xxxxxxx > > Please visit my store's home page at http://www.audionexus.com > > > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.