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Dell Laptop Shuts Down. David Ellis 02-13-2008
Posted by David Ellis on February 13, 2008, 11:45 am
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 I have a Dell c640 that runs very well except for an annoying problem.
It will run for about 15 minutes then shuts off. I replaced the cooling
fan and heat sink with appropriate grease added for heat transfer.

Any ideas what else might be reacting to heat or?

I looked via Google with not much success.

TIA

Posted by cmsan on February 13, 2008, 11:49 am
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 You can see my thread further down - I was having the same problem, related
to the battery and adapter, doesn't necessarily sound like same thing
you're seeing, but I can't really tell...

>I have a Dell c640 that runs very well except for an annoying problem. It
>will run for about 15 minutes then shuts off. I replaced the cooling fan
>and heat sink with appropriate grease added for heat transfer.
>
> Any ideas what else might be reacting to heat or?
>
> I looked via Google with not much success.
>
> TIA



Posted by NickySantoro on February 14, 2008, 11:09 am
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:45:18 -0600, David Ellis

>I have a Dell c640 that runs very well except for an annoying problem.
>It will run for about 15 minutes then shuts off. I replaced the cooling
>fan and heat sink with appropriate grease added for heat transfer.
>
>Any ideas what else might be reacting to heat or?
>
>I looked via Google with not much success.
>
>TIA
My daughter gave me her old Dell which did that. Blowing out all the
various vent slots with compressed air was the cure.
FWIW
YMMV

Posted by cmsan on February 14, 2008, 11:12 pm
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> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:45:18 -0600, David Ellis
>
>>I have a Dell c640 that runs very well except for an annoying problem.
>>It will run for about 15 minutes then shuts off. I replaced the cooling
>>fan and heat sink with appropriate grease added for heat transfer.
>>
>>Any ideas what else might be reacting to heat or?
>>
>>I looked via Google with not much success.
>>
>>TIA
> My daughter gave me her old Dell which did that. Blowing out all the
> various vent slots with compressed air was the cure.
> FWIW
> YMMV

If it's a heat problem, wouldn't something like motherboard monitor be able
to tell you the status of everything on a dell laptop? If so, has the o.p.
tried that since he mentioned replacing heat sink etc?



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