question for all you computer people :)
Turbo Mini Forums

just wondering if anybody knows why at work this is the only forum i cant get on, i can get onto the homepage and view pics and vids but i just cant get into the forum, really starting to piss me off now cos i dont wanna go on any other forums!

i have one too, why is my laptop getting extra hot at the moment? and why is it extra slow?

the weather nic

its your mint chocy chip cookies mate they need lowering a bit

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

as far as the problem with not being able to get into any other forum than this one, i am unsure, it could be a browser setting, or a firewall problem. The laptop issue, you may find you have a faulty laptop, where exactly is the heat coming from???

Perhaps you are still logged in (top right of this page) on your home pc,so unable to log in on another at the same time

Metro turbo weekend driver,Mini turbo in the making again!

Possibly one for AlexB?
Does the forum use any additional code that may be stopped by corporate firewalls?

As for Nics problem that is definately down to extreme quantities of porn
Could be the heat, could be that the drive needs defragmenting, could be that the drive is getting full and has past its maximum efficiency point.
It is not recommended to allow a Hard Disk to get over 85% full. After this point system performance will degrade.
Could even be a faulty component somewhere.
Heat has an effect where processors will back off the processing power when they get too hot.
Performance aught to come back if the temp drops sufficiently.
Hard drive might even be on its way out.
Operating System may benefit from a re-install.
As you can tell Nic it's not an exact science.
Certainly difficult to tell without seeing the machine.
Sorry I can't be of more assistance!

Regards

Dave

sorry for the hi jack gav

Right im a dell inspirion 6000, i defragged the other day, and ive only used about 9gb of my hard drive (total size 34.4gb) according to my computer

ill attempt to pop the thing open and have a look where the heat is coming from

i presummed the thing slowed down when it was getting hot, but it gets sooooo hot it makes me feel uncomfortable when its on my lap!!!

cheers for the assistance

Does it not have a fan in Nic? When my Toshiba starts getting warm (usually from doing a lot of processing) it runs a fan faster to cool itself down.

it does yes, and you can hear it on all the time, and also when it spins up and starts coming on to boost!!haha

having it on your lap wont help!

need to be on a hard surface or so atleast the processor/fan ins and outs have air round them

Is it an intel CPU by any chance?

Sounds like cpu throttling to me mate.

When the processor starts to overheat it reduces the speed that it operates at to reduce damage. Its dead hot obviously, maybe the poor thing cant keep itself cool in this weather.

iain-its a LAPtop though....

yes its an intel, pesky thing, can i fit a rover 214 fan to it aswell?

Hi, I had a dell inspirion with the same problem, try carefulle breaking the cover in front of the screen off, then loosen the small screws holding the keyboard in place, push it against the screen and lift up, then disconnect the plug for the wires to the keyboard, loosen one more screw underneath the keyboard and remove an aluminium plate, then you can see the fan, loosen the fan and carefully clean the cooling ribs around it, I guess there is 1 ton of dust inside it, its a known problem with the type of computer. A man at the helpdesk showed me how to do this the first time. I cleaned mine at least 4 times a year as it was needed this often!

COOL thanks, ill try that

Before you take the screwdriver to your laptop you could also try to blow compressed air into where the fan is, helped me out on my Dell one. Another thing to do if you feel up to, if you are already opening up the laptop, is to check whether the heat conducting paste between the processor and heatsink is doing its stuff. I´ve seen laptops where this has totally evaporated and the thing got so hot it shut down!

This is quite a usefull application as well, gives you the temp´s and load of various bits and bobs inside your machine, we monitor our cars firmly why not the computers as well
http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html

Edited by gdawg on 28th Jul, 2006.

nicky i cant get on at work, i can use it at home fine :)

Edited by Stig on 28th Jul, 2006.

cant login or use the forum, i even asked the IT guy today and he didnt know lol, just weird how i can use any other site.