Larry
Guest
A plea for help/info/assistance from the knowledge base out there please.
My Toshiba laptop has taken to suddenly turning itself off for no apparent reason (although I'm sure there is one). This is normally preceeded by a few minutes of 100% CPU activity and the area over the heatsink feels very warm afterwards. Interestingly though, sometimes it doesn't do this at all and runs quite happily for as long as you want it too.
A quick search found I share this problem with most other Tosh laptop owners and by working through the flowchart I am now at the point where getting to the heatsink and giving it a good clean would be the next step.
Now I'm not bad at taking stuff apart, it's putting it back together I usually have the problem with. Added to the fact that I'm supposed to do all this with a fancy wrist strap on and need to purchase this, the relevant torx bits, thermal grease, etc. I have decided it would be better to leave this in the hands of someone else and hope this will cure the problem.
Several questions.
1. How much should this cost. Been quoted between £38.50 and £200 so far!!
2. Should I trust it the local bod with his little shop on the High Street or is it better to go to a Toshiba service center because they will know what they are doing (or maybe not...).
3. Anyone here fancy the job for cash?
All answers gratefully recieved as usual.
Cheers.
My Toshiba laptop has taken to suddenly turning itself off for no apparent reason (although I'm sure there is one). This is normally preceeded by a few minutes of 100% CPU activity and the area over the heatsink feels very warm afterwards. Interestingly though, sometimes it doesn't do this at all and runs quite happily for as long as you want it too.
A quick search found I share this problem with most other Tosh laptop owners and by working through the flowchart I am now at the point where getting to the heatsink and giving it a good clean would be the next step.
Now I'm not bad at taking stuff apart, it's putting it back together I usually have the problem with. Added to the fact that I'm supposed to do all this with a fancy wrist strap on and need to purchase this, the relevant torx bits, thermal grease, etc. I have decided it would be better to leave this in the hands of someone else and hope this will cure the problem.
Several questions.
1. How much should this cost. Been quoted between £38.50 and £200 so far!!
2. Should I trust it the local bod with his little shop on the High Street or is it better to go to a Toshiba service center because they will know what they are doing (or maybe not...).
3. Anyone here fancy the job for cash?
All answers gratefully recieved as usual.
Cheers.
