Comments on: Toshiba Satellite A75 notebook started overheating

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:18:35 +0000

Lauren,

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.

Yep. It’s such a time saver!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:11:48 +0000

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.

By: billybob

billybob — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:15:02 +0000

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/

By: gillian

gillian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:49:32 +0000

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?

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:23:37 +0000

judy,

my computer locked and it need a new bios password so im tryin to restart it

There is no restart button. You cannot unlock the laptop simply by pressing on some secret button.

By: judy

judy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:45:03 +0000

my computer locked and it need a new bios password so im tryin to restart it

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:39:40 +0000

judy,

dos anyone no were is thr restart button on a tashiba a75 please

What is the restart button? What are you trying to do?

By: judy

judy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:34:52 +0000

dos anyone no were is thr restart button on a tashiba a75 please someone help

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:19:47 +0000

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.

By: BIG-H

BIG-H — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:02:07 +0000

PUT NEW HEATSINK IN TOSHIBA SATELLITE A75 AND IT STILL CUTS OFF ANYONE KNOW WHY……CALL ME 646 330 5921