I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a Turion 64 mk-36 cpu in it. Yesterday my cpu overheated and shut down after the laptop had only been on for maybe 45mins. It usually doesnt start to get real warm till being on for around 3-4hrs. I was wondering if I can swap out the heat sink and/or fan for a better 1? If so what kind and from where should I get it? Need help bad!!! Serious ans plz!!
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First, be sure the air intake not blocked.
Next you may need to find what running/working your CPU so much. If, you doing a lot of Multitasking, try doing a little less.
You can use keyboard; Ctrl + Alt + Del to open a box and click "Task Manager". Under "Processes" tab you can see CPU % being used by various processes.
I use Process Explorer, a small download from Microsoft. It a zip file and I make a Folder named "ProcessExpl" (Whatever a person want to name). Unzip the file and extract to that folder. I think there about 2-3 files one being instructions, one the license agreement and then the .exe file you double click.
I have used on Windows 2000 and XP. I think it run on Vista too. I just not installed it on that computer to try.
The reason I like Process Explorer; I can double click a process that seem to use too much CPU, as in 90-100%. The box that open there a tab named "Threads". Sometimes there a conflict in this and there be a thread using most of the CPU; 90-100%.
Highlight the Thread and Click the kill button at bottom and see if the overheating stop.
If, this the problem, then you ask here how to fix it. I have uninstalled the problem software and reinstalled and fixed.
There are a number of cooling devices, which I have never tried. Here two;
I not say buy here, just look and learn. They seem cheap enough to try. They get their power from the Laptop so be aware this make more drain on battery power.
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