http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/overheating used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/steady_dell_decline <img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/Icon_Doctor.png" alt="Ask the Doctor Logo" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="150" height="150" align="right" /><em>I’m stuck with a Dell laptop that now fails to boot after just two weeks of normal use. I can accept the fact that I will probably fight with Dell technical support for six months before they do anything to help. What I can’t accept is that I can’t figure out what is wrong with this box. <br /> </em><p><em>Quite simply, using the laptop for an extended period results in incredibly slow performance, which leads to a lockup or blue screen, which leads to Windows no longer booting on the next cold restart. The ensuing error messages are varied and too numerous to list. After a clean install of Windows, every single diagnostic from the Dell CD comes back perfect. Memtest86 returns no errors. <br /> </em></p><p><em>I’ve swapped out hard drives and CD drives. But after two weeks, the result is exactly the same: no boot. I’ve tried other “unsupported operating systems” (read: Ubuntu), but they crash and burn just the same. If a Dell technician tells me to reinstall XP Home one more time, I may go postal!</em><br /> </p> <div align="right"><strong>—Jay Minard</strong></div><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/steady_dell_decline">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/steady_dell_decline#comments July 2008 From the Magazine ask the doctor BSOD dell laptop overheating Ask the Doctor 2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:12:13 -0500 The Maximum PC Staff 2951 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/waiting_for_thumb_ask_the_doctor_how_hot_is_too_hot <!--paging_filter--><p>The Doctor is in! Is my rig running too hot? Did I make a mistake buying a widescreen LCD?</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/waiting_for_thumb_ask_the_doctor_how_hot_is_too_hot">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/waiting_for_thumb_ask_the_doctor_how_hot_is_too_hot#comments From the Magazine October 2007 ask the doctor overheating widescreen Ask the Doctor 2007 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:08:37 -0500 Maximum PC Doctor 1547 at http://www.maximumpc.com