HomeI own a Toshiba Satellite A75 notebook and after a while it started experiencing the overheating problems. Even with the laptop raised with plenty of air flow, it still shuts down sometimes.
What type of cooling pad or stand should i get? Is there a certain model that i should get? Should I get someone to open it up and clean it? Would this make a difference?
The overheating is a common issue with Toshiba Satellite A70 and A75 notebooks. It happens because the heat sink gets easily clogged with dust and it stops air flow. Instead of buying a cooling pad, try cleaning the heat sink first. Find an air compressor or buy a can of compressed air and blow off the heat sink as it shown on the picture below.
1. Spray air inside the intakes on the bottom
2. Spray air inside the heat sink grill on the back side
Change the air direction few times until all dust is gone. After the cleaning test the notebook and see if the overheating problem is gone.
If the laptop overheats because of a failed cooling fan, it’s necessary to take it apart and replace the fan.
September 28th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Lauren,
Yep. It’s such a time saver!
September 28th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I’ve had my Toshiba Satellite for 3 years. I’ve had overheating problems in the past and had to take it apart for the first time to clean everything out 6 months ago.
Recently, the fans have been running full speed almost non-stop again, and the computer has been going into instant shutdown at relatively lukewarm temperatures, which was even worse than when I took it apart to clean.
I used a great vacuum to suck out the dust and grime clogging my air intake. Worked like a charm. My fans run quietly, and no overheating.
September 6th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
There is a possibility that the CPU has been overheated too many times and is now more susceptible too overheating shutdown more than normal….
But like they say, take it apart and redo the thermal paste.. The heatsink sits right on the CPU and the paste that holds them tight together gets overheated and dryes out and of course gets less efficient with heat transfer. I know you took to a shop to get it done, but you don’t know for sure what was done unless you do it..
You would be suprised the amount of dust bunnies that live in the heat sink/fan…
I found this site very helpful just read the “Before you start” section
http://www.irisvista.com/
August 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
i took my laptop in last week and paid $30 to have it cleaned… they told me there was A LOT of dust in it, but they were able to remove it all and my computer should be faster. it did get slightly faster, but my laptop still overheats… the fans seem to run just fine… so i’m really confused what it could be?? do i need to replace the heat sink? all my programs are running much slower i think because of this and now i keep getting messages that the virtual memory is too low… i never had problems with this in the past. any ideas?
June 24th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
judy,
There is no restart button. You cannot unlock the laptop simply by pressing on some secret button.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
my computer locked and it need a new bios password so im tryin to restart it
June 24th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
judy,
What is the restart button? What are you trying to do?
June 24th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
dos anyone no were is thr restart button on a tashiba a75 please someone help
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 am
This laptop is a problem with shutting off. Rite now I am worried it will turn off as I type this message. I should have gotten a dell.
February 14th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
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