overheating

Hi Win 7 users. Questions please; not sure if this has been asked in a previous life.... Is there a problem with the Windows 7 software and the i7 chip? Does it make it work too hard and overheat? I ask because I have a Tosh i7 A660 Satellite with Ultimate Windows 7 and Office 2007 32-bit...

I`m back again. Having had my laptop for the best part of 18 months now and it suffering from an overheating Turion X2 Ultra so that I can`t run much of anything with even a 1280*720 medium gfx setting without grinding to a frazzled halt I`m thiinking maybe a new faster/cooler cpu and...

Hello everyone. I am having issues with my computer freezing. It's not frequent but it and it happens pretty much whenever it wants. I can be rendering a video in Premiere Pro CS5.5 or just downloading something with the system completely idle. I check the Windows Event Logs after every time I...

Hello, I get bluescreen many times when I shut down my computer and I thought that somebody can help me.... It's mot a rue but sometimes I get the bluescreen... Firstly I thought that it was because of overheating of some of my pc components because this error seems to appear when I use the...

So I've finally snapped. For over a year now I've been enduring this god forsaken problem, dismissing and ignoring it as much as I could whenever it reared its ugly head. I can take it NO MORE. My patience has run out! Now, as much as I like to think I'm good with computers, there's quite a...

I have an acquaintance (honest, not me!) who has had a few overheating problems. To this end I suggested evicting the dust bunnies from his case and pointing a fan in. If this cooled it down significantly then I suggested, if he had space, add a Arctic Cooling TC fan or two (love these!!). He...

Hello everybody, I've been having a recurring problem with my Dell Latitude D620. I bought it around four years ago with Windows Vista, then I downgraded to XP with few problems.* Around half a year ago, I upgraded to Windows 7, and everything was going ok until my computer started mysteriously...

Hello This is my 1st thread i'm starting :) My hp pavilion dv7 laptop Keeps Crashing with the BSOD every minute and then randomly Restarts first I thought Its Just getting too hot so i Cleaned The Fan But that was not the problem i think its a Driver Problem or something well I'm not so...

Hey everyone, I was directed to the windows 7 forums by some friends of mine from wargamer.com after I told them I was having some issues with my computer. This website generated a lot of praise and its my first time making use of your knowledge and experience. I have an M17x Alienware gaming...

There have been a string of voluntary battery recalls affecting HP laptops purchased between July 2007 to May 2008, with models added to the list each year since May 2009. The first recall began with Link Removed due to 404 Error and was then expanded last year in May to cover an additional...

My Toshiba laptop is running really hot. Running Windows 7. I have gone into the settings and it is on active cooling in processor power management. It goes up to 190 degrees. I have blown out the vents with an air can, it’s all clean. I look at task manager and there is little CPU usage, so...

Hi guys and girls.. I am a brand new windows 7 user.. I brought and installed this OS after a Black Screen of Death on my machine which was running windows Vista Business prooved to be incurable without booting from the Windows CD, which I of course didnt have as it came preloaded. The problem...

I have just built a new computer. And am getting BSODs. Here's my notes on them: Errors Codes are as follows: (I didn't write the codes down the first 2 times) 3rd BSOD (3/22/11): *** STOP: 0x0000007F (0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0x00000000000006F8, 0xFFFFF80003888F72) 4th BSOD...

I have been having Bsod's and major headaches with my Nvidia geoforce 8600m gs graffic card and have reached the end of my rope , I have read on the internet that these chips are faulty, and that Nvidia admit that they are! I wonderd if anybody has had similar problems,or are having similar...

After four days of frustration, a very sore forehead and much more gray hair but probably overall less from pulling it out in angry disappointment, I've managed to resolve a very agravating intermittent and quite random Blue Screen issue on my computer. First, my system, or at least the...

so i recently upgraded to windows 7 64 bit from windows Vista on my laptop. This laptop is mainly used for gaming so i was a bit surprised when i was playing a game and my computer overheated and turned off for the first time in a year of having the laptop. I checked and even games like "lord of...

Hello, everyone. I've been having a lot of trouble with my computer this past week because of blue screens during my gaming. I've been mostly playing SC2 and Heroes of Newerth, so crashing a bunch of times is not only annoying but it hurts my record as well. I just recently purchased an ATI...

I have a windows 7 machine that I use as a 'server' for SageTV (playing DVDs) I dont dirrectly connect to it and the software is stable as far as I did install much software at build and I have changed little recently as far as software.. I recently swapped the CPU out for a quad core and...

Was running on Windows vista Home Premium 64 bit, but recently have made the switch to Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Running a Nvidia GTX 260, Drivers are up to date. Never Been Overclocked. But recently have been getting A Fatal Pink Screen of Death Error that crashes the video of my computer...

This part is never easy... I write this post in a saddened tone, if a tone could be added to words typed in a word processor. My main system, housing most of my support utilities, files, information, music, games, pictures, and all sorts of fantastic things is on its death bed. Prognosis: Hard...