"Overheating Dell"

[goodkarma]

Im on a Dell Vostro 1510 and the blasted thing overheats when im using it in bed (No pun intended). Each time it overheats, it naturally switches off. Is there a way around this besides sticking it in the refridgerator

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Take it apart and clean the heatsink out. The 1500/1510 tend to have a dedicated Nvidia card that can fail easily due to heat.

Blasting it out with it together, tends to not work, due to the heatsink design.

 

[karlos236]

My laptop having same issue when using on bed.

But I found solution that when we put laptop on bed, Its fan not able to make cooling. So try putting it in a way that fan might not cover.

 

[MindoverMaster]

Find a way to tilt the back up in anotherwords. Got a fat text book? Prop the back end of the laptop onto it.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

These laptops tend to be capable of putting up sitting on something like a bed rather well, the shutdown temp for them is around 83-85C, I never noted mine above 70C when on the bed while under load. The issue is the heatsink design and how easy it is for dust to collect.

 

[carlitouus]

i hate dell, same thing happened to my old one, it died on my after only a year and a half, worst experience i ever had.