Hello everyone!
If you are having issues with your Dell Inspiron overheating quite easily, CLEAN THE DUST OUT OF THE FAN!
It’s very easy to do.
Remove your battery first. Make sure you touch something metal so you don’t shock your computer and ruin it.
Flip your computer upside down and remove the piece on the bottom that looks like an “L”.
When that comes off, you’ll see a lot of metal, but you just need to carefully unscrew the four main screws you see, then remove that part and find any and all dust and get it out of there. When you clean it all out, carefully replace the parts and it should be fine again!
My computer was overheating often to the point where it would just shut down. I found a chunk about 1/4” thick and 1” wide in there. After I removed it, it doesn’t even get close to hot.
My laptop was overheating to the point of shutting down. The trick was getting the right size phillips head screwdriver. When I was able to open up the panel, I found a hugh chunk of dust that I removed. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad it fixed your problem!
ReplyDeletemil gracias, por tu ayuda
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks, I thought I was going to have to take more than just that apart! Processor temps dropped from mid 50's to upper 30's.
ReplyDeleteSo glad I found this post!
ReplyDeleteGracias from El Salvador, Central America!
This worked like a charm for me. The heat was clogged with a wad of dust fuzz. I had called the Dell folks and they said it was possible that a heat sink chemical compound on the processor was to be re-applied.When I removed the heat sink assembly to clean it, I noticed that the compound had melted away. Any idea where I can get this this material? Looks like a grey chemical paste. All the same thank you for your insight.
ReplyDeleteHey Promethean: You can check this link out. This stuff should be found at a lot of places you can buy computers.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_grease
Thanks for the tip. Much appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteWorks Awesome - thanks a BUNCH!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot... It works for me
ReplyDelete- Piram
The procedure worked like a charm. Thanks a lot.
ReplyDeleteMike and daughter Alicia
Excellent! Thank you!
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