right out of nowhere, my fan is running almost constantly. this is on a toshiba satellite a45-s120 laptop. actually, using power management, i turned "cooling method" down to its lowest setting. but the fan still comes on for about 15 seconds every 15 seconds or so.
speedfan shows:
local temp: 54c
remote temp: 65c
hard drive: 35c
the everest sensor check comes back similarly:
motherboard: 54
cpu: 64
hard drive: 35
i don't know exactly why this has suddenly happened but it has. this morning, i removed the heatsink et al and blew out all the dust. didn't use any paste putting the sink back, thinking the old stuff would be good enuf.
what else can i do? btw / i am using the laptop as a desktop repacement.
btw / this laptop does *no* heavy lifting. it's used for surfing the net and word processing, nothing more at all ever
speedfan shows:
local temp: 54c
remote temp: 65c
hard drive: 35c
the everest sensor check comes back similarly:
motherboard: 54
cpu: 64
hard drive: 35
i don't know exactly why this has suddenly happened but it has. this morning, i removed the heatsink et al and blew out all the dust. didn't use any paste putting the sink back, thinking the old stuff would be good enuf.
what else can i do? btw / i am using the laptop as a desktop repacement.
btw / this laptop does *no* heavy lifting. it's used for surfing the net and word processing, nothing more at all ever