Comments on: Laptop shuts down without any reason

By: VANESSA

VANESSA — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:48:59 +0000

HELLLO I HAVE A SONY VAIO THAT I BOUGHT IN FEB THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN ITS TURNING OFF FOR NO REASON WHAT CAN I DUE

By: Asus A6R laptop disassembly and upgrade instructions >> Inside my laptop

Asus A6R laptop disassembly and upgrade instructions >> Inside my laptop — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:54:27 +0000

[...] 4. The cooling module – fan and heat sink can be accessed through the cover on the bottom. It’s very convenient if you want to clean it. If you clean the cooling module with compressed air once a month, your laptop will never suffer from overheating. If you want to replace the cooling fan, just remove two screws securing the fan and unplug the cable from the motherboard. That’s it. [...]

By: How to upgrade CPU on a IBM ThinkPad T41p laptop >> Inside my laptop

How to upgrade CPU on a IBM ThinkPad T41p laptop >> Inside my laptop — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:30:37 +0000

[...] For this upgrade you’ll need: 1. IBM ThinkPad T41p hardware and maintenance guide. The maintenance guide will help you to remove the keyboard and palm rest and get down to the CPU socket. 2. Small Philips screwdriver. 3. Thermal compound. Before you mount the heatsink back on the CPU, you must apply new thermal compound on the top of the CPU. You may consider Arctic Silver thermal compound. This stuff will keep your CPU cool and stable. 4. A can of compressed air. That’s would be a great idea to blow off dust from the cooling modules while you are replacing the CPU. Removing dust from the heat sink will help to prevent laptop overheating. Before I go any further, you should know that this upgrade is not for the novice or fumble-fingered. There are any number of ways you can completely destroy your computer during an upgrade of this type. From losing tiny screws to shorting out the motherboard with static electricity or dropping ascrewdriver into the open computer, this is not a project for someone who is not already fairly competent wielding a screwdriver and performing computer upgrades. [...]