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    Question Dell Studio 17 overheating. Help with fix.

    Hello everyone,

    I use a two-year-old Dell Studio 1735 laptop. It used to run fine, but it's been overheating more and more over the past year. Now it's sometimes unusable.

    Of course I updated BIOS, sprayed some air and use it on the appropriate surface. I even have a cooling pad which makes no difference in the frequency of overheats. Overheats being instant shutdowns.

    My next guess is that the heatsink needs to be reseated, but I know nothing of a laptop's inside layout. I've been looking for a guide on how to open it up safely.
    EDIT: And ironically found it right after I posted this. Right on Dell's page, how did I miss this?

    Do you have any tips of information about the situation?

    Thanks!

    Also, one place that seems to be the hottest (when I play and touch the bottom of the laptop) is the area near the RAM and southbridge, inside.
    EDIT: I used Everest to test FPU Stress, it lasted 2 seconds and overheated. CPU Test lasted and was stable.
    Last edited by Jaghat; 08-21-2010 at 05:14 PM.

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