Thanks Fiveoh. Have you, or has anybody out there, tried this fan-control
program? I'm wondering if a fan which is running all the time would be prone
to premature wear and failure.
Mike
<fiveoh1s@msn.com> wrote in message
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> There is a fan control program here:
>
> http://www.buzzard.me.uk/toshiba/windows.html
>
> It works on SOME Toshibas
>
> My A70 does the same thing, it's the first Toshiba (well that's what the
> logo says) I've had with intakes on the bottom.  I guess the big rubber
feet
> on the bottom should've been a clue.  I realized I was blocking the air
> intakes by using my 'Laptop' on my lap!
>
> "RichK" <NOSPAM@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:iSwDf.23857$F_3.8319@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> > You probably didn't do any long-term harm.  It will run cooler on a hard
> > surface.  Besides being soft, your lap is warm, which is not ideal.  I
am
> > surpriced it didn't cool off enough between wherever you were and home.
> > Did the fan come on?
> > "M J Schreiber" <mjsch@pro-ns.net> wrote in message
> > news:43de7a15$0$49535$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net...
> >> My new Satellite A105-2716 cut out on me all of a sudden the other day.
I
> >> was cruising the web with a WiFi connection while listening to some
tunes
> >> on
> >> the Windows Media Center. I was running off of battery, and knew I was
> >> getting low. Thought maybe it was a Power Management thing, so I just
> >> packed
> >> it up and went on home. Tried the computer at home under AC, and it
would
> >> still cut out after about 3 minutes following a reboot. Once it cooled
> >> all
> >> the way down, it has been running just fine. I know when I was using it
> >> at
> >> the coffee shop, I had it setting on the soft-shell case, so I suppose
I
> >> was
> >> blocking off the air intake vent.... Duh! Guess I won't do that again,
> >> but
> >> do you think I did any irreparable harm to the processor? It is a
> >> Centrino
> >> M730. Question: Does the bottom of the computer need to breathe as
well?
> >> OK
> >> to use on ones lap? It is a laptop after all. I was thinking of cutting
a
> >> piece of Masonite or Plexiglas to use as a "lap desk" to set the pc on.
> >> Would this help it run cooler? Any feedback appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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