Satellite A200-1TW: loud cooling module due to the dust

Hey,
My fan gets louder by the day, and I think this is because there is a lot of dust inside my fan.
I have my laptop for about a year now, and live in an old house (= a lot of dust), so I was wondering: is there a tutorial somewhere on how to open it?
I can't find anything on this site, and on google neither.
The closest thing I found was this http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/02/04/toshiba-laptop-disassembly-manuals/, but unfortunately, it does not cover my laptop :(.
So I was wondering, does anyone have a tutorial on how to do this?
Or some experience themselves with it? I am mostly wondering whether I only have to take off the bottom, or the keyboard too?
Oh, and a last question: how about my warranty? If I open my laptop, do I loose it?

Hi
> Oh, and a last question: how about my warranty? If I open my laptop, do I loose it?
This is the most important reason why you should not disassemble your notebook!!!
Firstly you will lose the warranty secondly you could damage other parts!
Ive got other suggestion; why you dont clean the ventilators using a compressed air spray?
There are different compressed air sprays designed especially for such procedures!
This will help you to remove dust and debris from the cooling modules
I cleaned my fans many times using a compressed air this helped a lot of time

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Hi Chris,
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Failed to checkout an application module due to the following exception:

Hi,
I am using mysql db from jdevloper, am getting below error for both jdbc url and for data source.
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Graphic card upgrade on mobile PCs is not supported. You can do on desktops but not on notebooks.
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Greetings

Thank you for the answer.
My notebook model is Satellite A200-1ZB.
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Satellite A200-19I is pretty loud - cooler is running permanently

Hi,
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Hello Arne
In the world of mobile computing it is not easy to design absolutely quite notebook especially if the hardware components are faster and more powerful. Heat is common problem by mobile computing and most important thing is hardware protection. I know that notebooks are sometimes very loud, especially if the cooling fan is dirty.
I have the same notebook series. It is Satellite A200-1CR. I use it for every day work and till now I am pretty satisfied. Vista runs well and using usual applications like Word, Excel, IE, Skype and WinDVD I didnt noticed loud running cooling fan. Maybe I should check it with CPU intensive applications.
Dear Arne I do not know how much experiences you have with notebooks but in my opinion you are too sensitive. You can check some other notebook models from different manufacturers but I am really skeptic you will find noiseless notebook.
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Satellite A200-27R cannot start up

I have had my Satellite A200-27R for 2 years and 8 months and 2 weeks ago it crashed and turned itself off. At the time I was browsing on the internet and probably had open 3 or 4 webpages when it froze and I had a blue screen with white writing telling me something had gone wrong and my laptop was shutting down to protect itself.
I was unable to turn it back on for 24 hours but when it did come back on it seemd to be working normally again but I backed up all my files incase it happened again. About 10 hours later the same thing happened again: freeze; blue screen and then trying to reboot.
Since then, when I try to turn it back on it either gets stuck on the Toshiba "leading innovation" start up screen; or goes to a black screen and tells me there has been a media test failure and something to do with Realtek about 100x or until I take out the battery so it turns off; or asks me to start in safe mode and do system restore which I have done several times now but this has not helped.
I would be really greatful if anyone could tell me if they had any similar experiences and what they did and if there is anything I can do to fix it? Many thanks.

Hi
BSOD can be the result of serious software problem or hardware issue.
If new OS installation didnt help you to solve this, I think that the hardware malfunction would cause the BSOD.
Usually the notebook shuts down automatically because of the higher temperature.
Higher temperature can affect other parts like RAM modules or motherboard.
So in many cases the BSOD appears due to memory issue.
I think you should firstly clean the cooling modules. You should remove the dust using a compressed air spray. In most cases this is the best procedure to get rid of the dust.
Then check the RAM modules. You can try to boot the notebook with one module only.
Then switch the modules to different slots in order to check the slots too.
Of course the HDD should be checked too. You can use a free software called Drive fitness Test. Its good, freeware software which can be downloaded from different pages.
If no of mentioned tips would help you, then I would recommend asking a Toshiba technician for help. They could use some special tools in order to get some results about the malfunction.

Require BIOS 1.8 for Satellite A200-13M (PSAE6) - Fan activity

Hi y'all,
I recently updated my Satellite A200-13M (PSAE6) with bios 2.20-Win Vista.
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The fan now activates at 47-48C wich is lower than previously (~50C)!
I would like to downgrade to the previous bios version which turned out to be smoother!
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Hi Maxime
In my opinion the cooling modules run stronger and faster to prevent the internal hardware i.e. GPU and CPU from overheating.
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i`ve a Satellite A200-13O with 120GB HDD, 1.8GHz Intel Centrino Duo, 1GB ram but it has 2 512 chips installed.
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You mean you would use only one 1GB ram module?
Well, you would still have 1GB RAM but the dual channel cannot be used due to missing of second module.
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Hi Beata
I agree with Sanremo suggestions; its not known to me how old your notebook is but from time to time its necessary to clean the cooling fans. The dust and debris inside the notebook could prevent the cooling modules from properly working!
The properly fresh air circulation is also very important. Be sure that there is enough free space around the notebook. Do not use the notebook on the knees or in the bed. In such case the notebook cannot be cooled in the right way and the high temperature can damage some parts like GPU on the board.
But if you think there is an serious hardware problem you should contact the authorized service provider in your country.
Good luck and greetings to Poland ;)

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