hotdog Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 I think this may be battery related but here goes: My Toshibal laptop runs ok for about 45 mins on mains power but then the fan starts to run really, really fast, much more than normal. Does this about five or six times and then then it switches off without warning. Re-boots fine but its starting to get on my teets Seems ok when on battery, but I notice the battery life seems to be a lot shorter since the problem has started. Looked at system restore to see if there is any rogue av program, but I seem to have no restore points set, doh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Check to see if the heatsink is clogged up with dust If it is then the CPU will be getting hotter due to the reduced airflow and so the fan speed will increase to compensate. On battery the system will normally run at a reduced speed and therefore not get as hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Cheers! The laptop threw a bit of a wobbly the other day which is when the problem started. Any how, checked through the power settings and these were totally screwed! Changed these back to normal and it seems to be better. I reckon the battery is knackered though as it takes ages to charge and then doesn't hold the charge for long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Could you remove the battery so it runs only on the mains - then see if the problem continues ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 It seems to have settled down now. I did find out though that it will quite happily run on the mains without the battery!!! Computers eh? Pain in the arse As to why it crashed and threw a wobbly in the first place, God only knows! so if anyone else is having power problems - check your settings first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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