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I have a laptop that sits in the lounge and is used for the occasional PH surf when the TV's rubbish.
Recently the bit where the battery is has been getting very hot. Not "warm" as it had been for the past 4 years, but HOT as in "ouch, that burns".
It now can't stay on my lap unless there's a cushion in the way.
Is this bad? Any ideas on a fix? And does anyone want to buy a laptop that's not iffy at all...?
Recently the bit where the battery is has been getting very hot. Not "warm" as it had been for the past 4 years, but HOT as in "ouch, that burns".
It now can't stay on my lap unless there's a cushion in the way.
Is this bad? Any ideas on a fix? And does anyone want to buy a laptop that's not iffy at all...?
Chap at work had a "hot" laptop. He's a perpetual moaner so we basically ignored him for a while.
He came to visit our office one time and during the course of the day I had reason to pick up the laptop.
Feck me it was hot!
Had a quick look around and noticed that the corner where the fan was was bashed in a bit; it had obviously been dropped and the casing had jammed the fan. Great.
It went back to Dell for refurb and they kindly informed us after the fact that the keyboard needed replacing too as it was full of old coffee...
Would have been (much) cheaper to junk it and buy a new one.
He came to visit our office one time and during the course of the day I had reason to pick up the laptop.
Feck me it was hot! Had a quick look around and noticed that the corner where the fan was was bashed in a bit; it had obviously been dropped and the casing had jammed the fan. Great.
It went back to Dell for refurb and they kindly informed us after the fact that the keyboard needed replacing too as it was full of old coffee...
Would have been (much) cheaper to junk it and buy a new one.
pikey said:
It's a Samsung P10 (I think).
Think I'll just buy a new battery and see what happens!
Good thought about the cushion
Think I'll just buy a new battery and see what happens!
Good thought about the cushion
If it's never, ever going to be taken away from a power point just unclip the battery and recycle it. Most laptops will run quite happily with it removed as long as their power supply is plugged in and connected.
If you do want the option of taking it on the road then yeah it's time for a new battery pack, they do fail and if I remember correctly this is a 4 year old laptop? So it's had a pretty good innings IMHO.
thepassenger said:
If it's never, ever going to be taken away from a power point just unclip the battery and recycle it. Most laptops will run quite happily with it removed as long as their power supply is plugged in and connected.
If you do want the option of taking it on the road then yeah it's time for a new battery pack, they do fail and if I remember correctly this is a 4 year old laptop? So it's had a pretty good innings IMHO.
If you do want the option of taking it on the road then yeah it's time for a new battery pack, they do fail and if I remember correctly this is a 4 year old laptop? So it's had a pretty good innings IMHO.
It sits on my lap in the lounge without wires. I don't like wires
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