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Posted by GG Willikers on June 16, 2008, 6:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options Salvador Freemanson wrote:
> Thanks for your insight. Here is my rationale:
>
> John Doue wrote:
>>
>> I fail to see your rational. Installing a new disk has nothing to do
>> with keeping or loosing your data, and will not solve the overheating
>> problem. Let us take a rational look at the situation:
>
> A new disk costs very little these days. Windows is clogged up, so a
> clean install will grease the PCs wheels. The rationale of changing the
> hard disk rather than backing up data and reformatting the disk is that
> if I screw up the new install, I only need to put the old disk back in.
>
>
>> 1/ you state that vents are not obstructed. Did you open your laptop
>> to check that? My guess is, no.
>
> Good idea. I'll do that in the morning.
>>
>> 2/ If CPU usage is only a few percent and no program shows high CPU
>> usage, then your windows installation is not to blame. Reinstalling
>> would achieve nothing in this respect.
>
> The windows is running very much more slowly than when the machine was
> new, hence my idea of doing a new install. Loads of programs I have
> uninstalled (or thought I had) still have visible traces. Boot takes for
> ever. Even coming out of hibernation takes ages. And that's with only a
> couple of progams running.
>>
>> 3/ To check memory, close all running programs. Memory use is not a
>> heat factor, at least practically speaking.
>>
>> 4/ Hot power lead. Since your fan runs very often, this may be normal,
>> depending on your definition of "hot". The lead should not be real
>> hot, but this might depend on your specific machine, which I am not
>> familiar with.
>
> Yesterday it burnt my fingers to touch. Today it doesn't seem so bad
> though.
>>
>> Now, first things first: based on your description of the heat
>> problem, I suspect the fan vent is obstructed. Someone familiar with
>> your machine can help you determine the best way to check this.
>>
>> Second, making sense of those startup programs in Msconfig may be
>> offputting as you say, but it would be well invested time to explore
>> the subject and it is no as hard as you might imagine. Searching the
>> Internet for info is easy and fast.
>
> I've just counted the process running (using taskmanager) - 75. God
> knows what they all do. There are 54 startup programs listed in Msconfig.
>>
>> I suggest you do not decide on solutions when you do not understand
>> the problem, no irony intended.
>
> Didn't you just suggest it would be a good learning exercise to
> familiarise myself with all the obscure programs in the Msconfig start?
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