Comments on: Toshiba Satellite A75 notebook started 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

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:05:59 +0000

Shedrick,

He further stated Toshiba had a little known recall on it. I took it in, and they completely swapped out the board AND the processor. Problem solved.

Your problem was solved because they cleaned the cooling module.
It’s possible that he replaced the CPU as a precaution but he installed exactly the same type of CPU back.

By: Shedrick

Shedrick — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:55:55 +0000

I had this problem. From what I was told by the authorized Toshiba dealer repair guy, that Toshiba had put a desktop processor in a laptop frame with this model, thus the fans would not be powerful enough to cool it off. He further stated Toshiba had a little known recall on it. I took it in, and they completely swapped out the board AND the processor. Problem solved.