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penagih_kopi · Mar 6, 2007, 07:19 PM

Hi! I've a Toshiba Satellite A40 and it keeps overheating even when I'm only running one program. The fan runs like crazy and it keeps shutting down.

From some of the articles I read, it has something to do with the location of the fan and how dust is trapped inside. Is this true? I tried using a can of "Compact Air", blowed air straight into it, but it does not work. Should I disassemble it (pay someone or do it myself?) to take the fan out and clear it?

Need help and advice! Thanks!

HVAC888 · Mar 12, 2007, 07:00 PM

Are you still under warranty? If not you can save some money and do it yourself.:)

penagih_kopi · Mar 12, 2007, 07:23 PM

Unfortunately not. My warrant expired some time back. Is it complicated or simple enough for a average intelligent novice to do?

Anyone else had this problem and solved it?

HVAC888 · Mar 13, 2007, 10:30 AM

Unfortunately I don't own an A40. But normally on the underside of the laptop, there should be various covers secured by screws or such.

Under each cover, you may find, the battery, mini-PCI expansion, expansion RAM slot, hard drive, etc. There should be one associated with the cooling system / CPU. It may be as simple as opening that particular cover and using some compressed air.