Recent content by Sean_107

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    Toshiba Satellite overheating: No dust

    Ahh...no I didn't think to remove the fan. Just examined it visually. As it turns out with some more investigation I think that the primary culprit is the processor, not the graphics card. The processor is right under the bit which gets hot, and curiously doesn't really have its own fan...
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    Toshiba Satellite overheating: No dust

    Thanks mate. It took me a little bit, but i've done that. Not a skerrick of dust in it. Actually the only dust I saw was inside the memory card slot, which was gunked up like your picture. Graphics/pc card fan itself only had a slight coating of dust but i gave it a good pffffffffffftttttt...
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    Toshiba Satellite overheating: No dust

    Thanks for your quick response. Yep its first time since I bought it, ~2years, using compressed air. I was going to try that, but I can't seem to get into the laptop. I'm not sure how to add pictures but there are no visible screws on the bottom of my case. Actually there is 1, which i think...
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    Toshiba Satellite overheating: No dust

    Gday guys I'm at my wits end a bit here....have tried a number of solutions with no success, hoping someone can help me out. I have Toshiba Satellite P50t (PSPNVA-01R00N) and have recently started having problems with keeping it cool in the past 3 months or so. Last year I would play Attila...