Laptop woes + heat plus slow downs

_Jimlad_ · 3 Apr 2006 at 12:56

I have a friends IBM thinkpad at the moment. She has asked me to have a look at it because she thinks it has been turning off due to heat problems. I don’t have the spec to hand but it’s pretty modern, I would say 2 years old max. It’s a powerful one running windows xp.

I was just wondering if anyone knew of any could utilities to test for hardware problems, a basic diagnostics program would do the job.

Also if it is overheating any ideas on that or tips? All the fans seem to be working, I’m going to stress test it at some stage with prime95.

Cheers Jim

cokecan · 3 Apr 2006 at 13:19

id just get a temp monitor proggy on it and keep an eye on the temps while you do a stress test.

not sure about diagnostic proggys though? maybe try sisoft sandra?? seem to remember this might have somethin in that you could use??

_Jimlad_ · 3 Apr 2006 at 13:38

thanks mate, can you think of a good cpu monitor program?

cokecan · 3 Apr 2006 at 19:03

for temp monitoring theres a few you could try

speedfan is supposed to be one of the best (what a lot of people on here use)

theres MBM (motherboard monitor)

Hardware Sensor Monitor is pretty good, I used to use that

think sisoft sandra actually measures temps too thinkin about it??

chaparral · 3 Apr 2006 at 20:17

hdtune_252 is what i use for keeping an eye on my harddrive temps..and it can check for harddrive errors as well.

_Jimlad_ · 3 Apr 2006 at 21:03

thanks guys, trying the links now

Grimgoth · 4 Apr 2006 at 15:41

if the notebook is centrino rated as well, there is the notebook hardware control, requires some microsoft .net framework
http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm

young lad · 11 Apr 2006 at 11:26

Why not tell her to get the lap2cool;
Vantec LapCool 2 Notebook Cooler (LPC-305) (HS-002-VA)
Price: £24.95 (£29.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Not in stock ATM but that would sort out the heat ?

errata · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:18

If its heat related, dust is the usual culprit. Carefully blow air back into the normal air outlet vent and see if that helps.

welshchem · 26 Apr 2006 at 11:58

I had a temperature issue with my laptop a while back. I took the panel covering off and found a length of compacted fluff between the fan and the heat sink. Removed it and voila!