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Originally Posted by Rick Lee View Post
Ok, I just pulled the keyboard off and hosed the whole thing down with can of air, got the fan real good and clean. Froze up on me again after about 10 min. and didn't feel warm at all.
At this point it may not be a heat issue anymore, but, do the fan(s) spin? Also the heat sink has radiator fins and sometimes after prolonged use, the fins become blocked. That's why I suggested blowing the air in at the exhaust port.

Just an FYI, most of the time, heat will not affect the laptop/desktop - other than making it shut off randomly. Processors are really tough and can stand up to the heat for quite a while.

I would suggest, like others, that you take the HD out, hook it up to another pc and get any data you want off of it...

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