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From: "James Ausmus" <james.ausmus@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Summer laptop overheat
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:14:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b79f23070707241214n62f616cfu567f19d1e2c4051b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9238e8de0707241207g2dcfbebdo80e0dd007db5e2cd@mail.gmail.com>

On 7/24/07, Marko Kocić <marko.kocic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> during this summer when temperatures are high, I noticed that my
> laptop often (almost always)  overheat when I try to emerge some
> larger package (gcc, glibc, kernel, ...)
>
> This started happening some time ago, but was bearable until now. Now
> I can't compile almost anything, my laptop just switch off.

Try cleaning out the laptop vents with a can of compressed air - if
you're beyond warranty (or it won't void your warranty), then open up
all the covers on your laptop that you can, and get all the
dirt/dust/lint blown out that you can.

HTH-

James
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-24 19:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-24 19:07 [gentoo-user] Summer laptop overheat Marko Kocić
2007-07-24 19:14 ` James Ausmus [this message]
2007-07-24 20:49   ` Dale
2007-07-25  0:24   ` kashani

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