[luau] Personal Touch (was anyone know of a good computer repair place?)

[Robert Green]

An off-list buddy just got a Dell laptop that has a similar symptom,
and he said that this particular model is notorious for eating fans. 

It sounds like its a likely culprit in this case, too... and a lot
easier and cheaper to fix, probably a D-I-Y job once you find the
right replacement fan...


--- Ray Strode <halfline at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >1) Whirring sound (like a fan) when running which
> >wasn't the case when things were fine and beautiful. 
> >The sound will sometimes kick into high gear and that
> >is the system's signal that it is about to crash.
> >
> If a walks like a duck.... :-)  It probably is a fan.
> 

<snip>

> This definitaley sounds like your CPU is overheating.
> 
> I agree with Mike.  Your fan is probably bad, or possibly some wire
> or 
> something
> is block it from spinning properly (either could make your fan
> noisey). 
> 
> If i were you i would open the case up and see if anything is
> blocking 
> the fan....
> If so, unblock the fan. 
> 
> If nothing is blocking the fan then pull the fan off and replace
> it.  
> You may wanna
> pull the fan off anyway to clear any dust bunnies that have built
> up 
> (canned
> air works well).
> 
> --Ray

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