in bios, the system monitor shows you the cpu fan speed and other informations.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:57 AM Subject: ot: laptop overheating!
Hi all,Sorry for the off-topic post, but I am unable to resubscribe to Blind Geek Zone with my new email address. My mom recently got a new Dell laptop, very nice; 512mb video card, dual core proc, 4gb ram, all that. Today it was left in a car for a couple hours, but the car was not very hot and the laptop was in a backpack. When she started it up, it was extremely warm, though in no specific area (not around only the battery or the processor). It said it had recovered from an unexpected shutdown. I thought nothing of it until, some hours later (after letting it completely cool in a cshut down state) it flashed a Blue Screen of Death and rebooted. Now we are backing up all her data, but I am not sure what the problem could be. One thing I hate about new laptops is that it is so hard to hear the fan, so I am not sure if it is running. A sighted friend and I are going to look at it, but is there anything we should look for?Have a great day, Alex New email address: mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx __________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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