Fan or cooling system on my Portege

My fan doesn't seem to be working on my portege 100. The computer is getting very hot! what can I do?

HI Malachi,
Check that you system is set for maximum oerformance in the Toshiba Power Management settings. This should ensure maximum fan operation.
If this is set correctly and the fan still does not operate, check that the fan itself is free to rotate (try making the fan turn by blowing through the air intake grille.
It is, of course, possible that the fan unit has failed in which case you will need to return your notebook to an Authorised Service Agent for it to be replaced.
HTH

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The A660 has been a great laptop for two days until yesterday when I started getting a warning message saying 'A problem with the cooling system has been detected. Please turn off the computer immediately, and return it for service'.
The cpu fan works fine as you can here it spinning and the temperature of the i5-460m processor is around 40 degrees for both cores - which seems normal to me. I've noted that it happens only when running on battery and if you switch from eco utility to power saver mode. Its fine when running on the 'balanced' power setting. The fan is louder before when this message appears.
As its under 28 days my retailer swapped it for a brand new one straight away. Got the new one home, and the same message appears again. Has anyone else experienced this. As two laptops have had this, I'm wondering if this is normal for the A660 series laptop or if there is really a hardware issue?!
I have tried to upgrade eco utility and the bios of the laptop but both are the latest versions. Can anyone help or share if they experience a similar issue with their laptop?
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In front of me I have Satellite A660-13Q (PSAW3E) and I have it about 6 weeks now. It runs almost 10 hours daily and until now I didnt notice such message or anything else that can be suspect for hardware functionality.
I really dont know why this happen on your notebook and dont think there is anything you can do about it.
I would exchange it again. What you can also try is to contact nearest Toshiba service. Make a call, explain the situation and ask if they can help you with this.

Clean up cooling system - do it yourself or give it to service

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I'm a happy owner of X200 for a year. Recently the cooling fan started turning on more often - it's time to clean the cooling system. My question is - will I loose warranty if it do it myself ? (disassembly laptop, put new cooling paste, clean the dust) Maybe I should give it to service? Any people experienced in this topic?
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skomialek wrote:
Hi,
I'm a happy owner of X200 for a year. Recently the cooling fan started turning on more often - it's time to clean the cooling system. My question is - will I loose warranty if it do it myself ? (disassembly laptop, put new cooling paste, clean the dust) Maybe I should give it to service? Any people experienced in this topic?
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if you take out the heatsink/fan then there is a good chance that your warranty maybe voided. If cleaning the vane of the fans and wiping off any dusts don't work, then just send it in, and the depot will change a new fan/heatsink for you.
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It is clear for me now that these Lenovo systems are simply not desiged so carefully than the old IBM Thinkpads.
I respectfully disagree with your statement. Take in consideration that your T500 may be around 6 years old and most surely the thermal compound is not so fresh as it was on day one, hence loosing its cooling properties.
I have 3 T500 and 2 W500 with switchable graphics (all second hand). For all of them I have renewed the thermal compound with a good quality one (used Artic Silver 5 in some and Artic Cooling MX-2 in others), in some cases (two if my memory is right) I replaced the heatsinks and fans as well.
All 6 of them have survived several Furmark heavy tests (one of my preferred ones is the 1920x1080 15 min burn-in test) with peaks around 80°C/85°C with a GPU load of 100%. The cooling worked fine in this cases, I see no flaws in design or whatsoever.
Also consider that Thinkpads are/were designed as workstation machines, no gaming rigs. Which kind of games are you using if I may ask?
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2.7 GHz PowerMac done in by leaking cooling system. THE REST OF THE STORY

This is the story of what happened when my PowerMac went down for the count. I'm posting it because Apple did a such stellar job at resolving a thorny service problem.
I had a Dual 2.7 GHz PowerMac G5 (purchased back in November 2005) that was a major headache all this year. It quit working entirely in March after months of crashes, corrupted drives, and loudly spinning fans. As I was putting the Mac into a box to take it to the local Apple Store for troubleshooting, I noticed a small puddle of what turned out to be coolant. I'd heard the cooling systems on these Macs wasn't very reliable and costly to fix, so I figured it would have to be trashed. Sure enough, when I got to the Apple Store, it was still leaking and the Genius said it would cost upwards of $1000 to fix.
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I bought a new 27-inch iMac as a replacement and went back to work. While on the way, I started wondering if I could fix the Mac myself as a hobby project. At work, I posted a question on Apple's Discussions describing what had happened to the Mac and got these replies:
+You should have posted - and looked - on the PowerMac G5 forum, and read up on theG5 Coolant Leak report, and how to deal with it. So check out the Discussion and http://www.xlr8yourmac.com report on the issue (under Systems).+
+http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/G5coolantleaks.html+
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+Read the xclr8yourmac link and call Apple Customer Service. They replace a lot of leakers with new MacPros if you say there is a fire or electrocution hazard. Read and learn.+
So I checked out the xlr8yourmac site and was shocked. I had no idea how much leaking had occurred, but after seeing photos of the damage to other Macs, the possibility of mine having caught fire while unattended gave me the willies because I'd been leaving my Mac running during the day so the Tools app could run thorough tests.
I called Apple support and told the rep how upset I was over a potential safety problem that was not mentioned on the Support website. He transferred me to Customer Relations where that rep made arrangements for me to get the Mac serviced.
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In short, they gave me back a resurrected G5 for no charge!
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Wow! Can't believe they'd give you a new machine on that 5 year old paper weight! Though it was a design flaw. Did you have Apple Care? Just wondering in case mine does it.
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Removing the card fixed it so the card is back in the box. I'm guessing it would work fine in a G4. But yeah, all problems with 3rd party stuff.
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I did some speed tests between my 2.3 DC and the 2.5 and the 2.5 is noticeably faster. About a gigaflop. Faster memory on the 2.3 and graphics but slower processor and system bus.
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I have a Toshiba L755D - S5204. Today I turned it on and there was only a black screen. So I restarted it. After that I received a message that said "A problem with the cooling system has been detected" and to turn the computer off. I could hear the fans starting and stopping over and over. Also the screen was darkened. So can anyone tell me what I should do?
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Hi! Please clean your lap top vents. You can Google how to do that.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2021499/how-to-clean-your-laptops-cooling-fans.html
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Hello everyone
Have not been here in a while....
I was wondering if any of you have tried or have the new Zalman Resorator water cooling system?
I just installed it on my system (cooling CPU and GPU) and after running sisoft sandra burn in utility for the CPU for 6 hours straight I only saw a 1 degree c increase in temps I have the CPU overclocked from 2.8 to 3.2 229fsb 9800 pro is not overclocked. Temps were 51 idle and 52 after 6 hours of the burn in utility.
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Hi Butch R
F@H download page
Above is the download link........
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I haven't said download this version or that, you can choose which is best for your system. (Console version with HT cpu will allow 2 F@H to be run........further help on Forum....... )
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Have gotten popup cooling system problem turn off computer and service twice now
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Are you still having the overheating pop-up? I have been receiving the same annoying error for the past 3 weeks (model L675 S7049). Seeing that I am vigilant about not blocking vents and have inspected and cleaned cooling fins and fan blades, I suspect other issues...heat sensor problem, etc. I did break down today and upgraded to BIOS vers 1.7, up from 1.3. There was a mention of a fan error under ver 1.4 don't know this in anyway is related, but worth a try.

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As you say----it depends on what you are looking for and the parameters involved.
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ANY big mass of copper with a high speed fan will cool pretty well.
What I want is a QUIET cooler that cools well enough to overclock decently.
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