Recent content by Fairly Incompetent

Been awhile since my last posting and I want to thank everyone who has responded so far. I apologize for bringing up such an old thread but my laptop is still having the same issues. I managed to install Speedfan in the short time window I had at some point, and I managed to check the temps...

Should I try to apply some heatsink compound myself to see if that fixes the issue?

I don't know for certain who refurbished it but I believe I got it at Best Buy and it has a Microsoft sticker on the back with a product key for windows for refurbished PCs. I don't have a restore point and I don't think anything was changed prior to the freezing issue. No updates, new...

Thanks for the response, I did as you instructed and while it did freeze after a few minutes, the fan never turned on and the laptop was not hot at all. Also, this freeze was different from previous ones as I could no longer move my cursor when it happened. If I remember right, I never noticed...

Yeah I've opened it before to dust it out and check on the parts, making sure everything was connected. At your suggestion I opened it up again to dust it off and check the wiring, as well as the fan. I left it open and turned the computer on, being careful not to touch the exposed section, to...

I have a Dell Latitude E6230 windows 7 laptop that I've had for only a few years, but I got it refurbished. Everything seemed nice and fine at first, but eventually it began freezing after a couple minutes of use. Whether I open up a program or not, the computer will lock up after a few...