Clean out the dust, makes a massive difference in heat and noise

I don't have an air can, and I don't think I should go at this thing with a screw driver to open it up...

A vacuum cleaner can do a lot too. Taking it apart to really clean it out is usually too much work to be worth it.

Excuse me for butting in, but using a vacuum cleaner; no mater how powerful, on things like computers causes way too much static electricity and will murder the components on the inside. A good friend of mine learned that the hard way after doing so on a computer he built a long time ago. You can look it up too if you don't believe me.

Just don't use any metal attachment on the end, keep the cord plugged it so its grounded and hold on to an exposed metal part of the case and there is nothing to worry about. Canned or compressed air is cold and can create condensation on parts, obviously water is not good for electronics aether but eh it still works.

I design electronics for a living so i come in to contact with a lot of circuit boards. Digital stuff is pretty resilient against static these days. Only real ESD precaution i take is clothing that doesn't easily build up a charge and touching something grounded before work. The air here is usually not very dry and that keeps static charge down a lot.

But however you do it do clean out the dust out of your PC at least every few years, i seen computers die because of dust before.

Alright, thanks for the info. That'll be really useful to know once I build up my own computer. ^.=.^

Yeah thats the spirit, no need to be afraid of putting together a PC, just follow common sense and youtube videos.(But i do recommend having someone experienced check your component selection before you order it)

canned airair can be purchased at many dollar stores and tech departments.

Could be a number of things, but i agree with Berni, clean the dust out at least once a month.

*gets a fire extinguisher*

This used to happen to me... then I used a vaccuum cleaner and then it was nice and cool!

Remember, computers run on smoke...

Toshiba

Turn off Internet Explorer.

i can't, it's how I check fa!

...Google Chrome or Firefox?

Oh! My Laptop is on fire

*Stills with possitive atittude and a smile

X3

um, he's D: ing

Looks more like a weird smile for me X3

At least yours stills working T_T

look close, the corners of he mouth are downturned

Mine did the same, cept it was a HP.

I had a Toshiba
And from what I've learned
Worst fanning system in the world.

Leave it off for awhile and let it cool is all I can say. It's shit hardware put simply.

Toshiba sucketh!

torchiba?

lol

It's a little risky keeping the laptop over the desk edge but I have a floor fan I keep under mine when I need the performance, a little honeywell thing I've re-oiled (and resurrected) at least a hundred times over the last five years. But when I don't need the performance on my laptop I have an "Aggressive Battery" Power Profile I made that tells the CPU it's not allowed to go above 800mhz, that helps it keep cool, but some programs become a "little" laggy under a heavy load.