i Love United Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Yeah every time I play a game my laptop runs for about 10 mins and then shuts off completley. It's about 2 years old and a dell inspiron 1501, the fan has been recently cleaned (which is supposed to cure overheating problems) and it used to run football manager 08 fine but recently has started doing this on every game I play. Is there anyway to stop this? Or is this just my laptop getting old and will never be the same? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunob Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Yeah every time I play a game my laptop runs for about 10 mins and then shuts off completley. It's about 2 years old and a dell inspiron 1501, the fan has been recently cleaned (which is supposed to cure overheating problems) and it used to run football manager 08 fine but recently has started doing this on every game I play. Is there anyway to stop this? Or is this just my laptop getting old and will never be the same? Thanks It sounds like your laptop is overheating, what is the temp when you are playing fm 09 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb360 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Overheating is a big problem on the Dell laptops. Buy some compressed air from your local computer store and spray the fan openings, they are probably dusty and its the dust settling on the temperature sensor that is causing your computer to close. When you use your laptop try to keep as much clearance as possible between the fan opening and the surface your on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCfan Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I wouldn't recommend that. Instead, I'd get a vacuum cleaner plug in the attachment and switch on with the attachment held against the the fan openings - otherwise, you'll just blow dust around inside the laptop and achieve nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityChris Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I have this problem too. Only started recently, and only happens when playing FM? Help please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundodger Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Get an external fan for it. It's a base the laptop sits on and they usually have a fan that blows up and cools the bottom and another fan that blows down and takes heat away. I had that problem and got one, haven't experienced it since. It was pretty cheap about 35 US dollars from amazon...the brand I got is Antec but I'm sure there are lots of them out there. It keeps the laptop super cool while playing FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=60914 If it is overheating, the above link provides a very good guide for combatting it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1234566778 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I had this problem with that laptop, there is no solution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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