i am a new member to the site and have joined to try and get some genuine help.
i have a amilo d 1840 3.2ghz p4 1 gig ram laptop and have had it for 3years. since i bought it from fs i have had problems with the laptop 'freezing' and shuting down. i tried to get fs to repair in under warranty but got fobbed off by them. i was asked to run check disk and as no faults were found they said it was a software problem.
a local computer repairer said the hdd was faulty as it was running at 60'C and it should be replaced by fs under warranty.
i have since then struggled by using latop cooler pads, i have cleaned out the fan and the ducting but this did not help.
i do not know how to remove the heatsink as a guy at work suggested to re apply heat sink compound to it.
has anyone else had a overheating 1840? if so how have you fixed it?
i have read about BIOS but am a novice and understand it can wreck your computer if done wrongly.
how long will my hdd last at these temperatures.
even when i doubled the ram to 1gb i did not notice much improvement in speed si this due to the temp the pc is running at. at program i installed was giving hdd at 50'C and cpu at 75'C.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks