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Date Posted: 04:14:22 02/08/05 Tue
Author: Wibble
Subject: Re: Advent 7017 problem....
In reply to: Mose 's message, "Re: Advent 7017 problem...." on 11:19:33 09/07/04 Tue

I too have the same laptop and problem, if your warranty is still intact try aplying a hoover on a low setting a few cms from the fan, it worked for me but the problem keeps coming back.

>I have the same computer and the same problem, the
>computer overheats when running certain programs.
>Games on msn messenger actually make the laptop shut
>down, and soulseek often seizes up using 80% of the
>cpu. I have taken the back off and removed the dust
>from the fan which helped a bit, but it still
>overheats if one process is running for a while. This
>is strange as the laptop was fine for several months
>when I got it.

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