Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

[Chris Bannister <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz>]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 01:10:19PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:00:09 -0700
> "Brian C. Wells" <blue_guy_213@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 22:19 -0700, Raquel wrote:
> > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:40:01 -0700
> > > "Brian C. Wells" <blue_guy_213@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I don't -think- it's a fan problem.  It seems to be blowing
> > > > plenty of hot air out, and I can't see or blow out any obvious
> > > > clogs [...]
> > 
> > > I have a G70, which runs hot.  I used a vacuum cleaner and sucked
> > > out all the openings I could find, which cooled it some.  
> > 
> > Was that an ordinary floor vacuum cleaner, or one of those keyboard
> > cleaners?  I've never used an ordinary vacuum on a computer... I'm
> > worried that particles from the floor might fall into the PC.
> 
> It was a regular floor vacuum cleaner.  I'm not sure how crud from
> the floor might fall into the computer since the suction is going the
> other direction.

Hence the intriguing question; Do you dust or vacuum first?

-- 
Chris.