Anyone with a spare laptop?

I can give you one for free. Their will just be a amall shipping and handling fee of $500.

There are free online programs that allow you to monitor the temp of the internal chips and adjust the cooling fans to maximise cooling. I'll try to get a link. It might work to fix your problem until you get more bucks.

Speed Fan

[link to speedfan.en.softonic.com]


I can't remember if this is the one I used but it helped my Dell 640 quite a bit.

I've tried new fans and cooling pads. Seriously, i've tried everything. Thank you, though

There's a couple things you could try:

- there could be a buildup of dust and dirt inside the computer so open it up and blow it out with compressed air. You might be surprised how much junk builds up inside a laptop over time! You should be able to look up instructions for your model on how to open it up properly.

- if that doesn't fix it then you could try adding some thermal paste to the heatsinks (mine had a separate sink for the graphics card and the paste on it dried up and cracked and that was causing it to overheat). You can read more about it here

[link to www.techpowerup.com]

Rip that bitch apart, clean it, clean the dust from the heat-sink and fan, then re-apply thermal paste to the CPU and GPU chips, reinstall heat-sink, reassemble, done.

250 will get you a grade A thinkpad t61...these used to cost 4000 back in 2007..it will last you for about 10 years

it's a laptop, not going to be possible

Of course its possible. Its not as easy as working on a desktop but that doesn't mean you can't open it up and fix it.

Maybe you could find a local Mom & Pop computer store and tell them your story. Go in and talk to the owner and offer to barter graphics work, or a trade in your old notebook hardware for something used that runs, and you'll make your next purchase there in return.

Never know until you ask. Some folks like to barter.

tried everything listed except for bartering. There's not a store like that around here.

Thank you though!


I mean it when i say i've tried everything!

Come to Japan!

You do not believe what i already found here in the Trash!

It's not as hard as it sounds. I use a little tackle box to keep track of the screws when I take laptops apart.

Take the battery out, take out the screws under where the battery was.

Remove all of the bottom screws. Use a paper clip to open the cd/dvd tray and just pull it out. You might have to give it a tug.

Remove the top bezel and the keyboard screws should be there, or there will be clips holding the keyboard in place.

Take all of the screws out that were under the keyboard.

Take a guitar pick and run it along the edges, undoing the plastic clips that hold it in place.

Then remove the motherboard screws, flip it right side up and you should have access to the heat sink to apply new thermal paste. Use rubbing alcohol to clean the CPU and heatsink very thoroughly.

Only put a small bb sized dot of new thermal paste on the center of the CPU, so when you put the heat sink back on it will spread out from the center. Otherwise, too much will act as an insulator. Remember: The metal is the conductor, the paste only fills the air gaps.

Be careful with it. Take it slow. Go on youtube they might have disassembly instructions.

I can usually do this in about 20 mins or so for 99% of the laptops I come across.

I've popped open dozens of laptops with no problems. It's all about putting humpty back together again. So many screws.

This. My brother's computer was doing the same thing. He shipped it to my husband and this is what was done to it. BUT.. have a container with lots of compartments to store screws in so they don't get lost and be able to take step by step pictures.

Last Edited by Guenwyfar on 11/13/2012 09:35 PM

you've got nothing to lose at this point. take the thing apart, clean out the dust and re-apply the thermal paste....

Also, give [link to www.tim.id.au] a try. You might find your laptop's service manual there, which will help A LOT if you've never taken a laptop apart.

Get a piece of card board and draw the shape of your laptop after you take off the keyboard. Stick the screws into the card board as to where they were in the laptop. This makes reassembly much easier.

You can also get older laptops from ebay very cheap. I got a gateway solo 6550 for forty bucks.

I've tried every fix, and I don't have the money to get another right now.

Have you gone into the BIOS setup and changed the cooling values from faster operation to cooler?


Free bump if nothing else.

lol..

have you tried installing linux?

Thank you for this, I've been contemplating a laptop lately, have never had one, didn't know where to start for what to look for.

Looks like Amazon has some good deals on refurbished models of this Thinkpad you mentioned, was just reading reviews and people seem to think highly of this model.

OP I hope someone can help you out with a spare laptop! All my computers I've ever had were castoffs from people who upgraded and gave me their old ones, I've never bought one.

Where are you located at? I may be able to help.

even if i attempted to help, you would not accept, so ... lose lose, your lost, not mine

Be a man and get a desktop.

Jerk the battery and just use the power cord, see if that changes anything.

Woden, u ok dude?