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[vectra666]

my lappys about 3yrs old but battery died on it a while ago but i gets very hot when used on lappy tray and i think it cuts itself out its done it twice now i,m thinking of getting a new one i,ve got about £400 to spend what would be the best buy/one to get for playing saving fruities on to

[flyer]

my lappys about 3yrs old but battery died on it a while ago but i gets very hot when used on lappy tray and i think it cuts itself out its done it twice now i,m thinking of getting a new one i,ve got about £400 to spend what would be the best buy/one to get for playing saving fruities on to

with a laptop they do pick up alot of dust and block the vents.thats what can cause them to overheat.

Edited by flyer, 01 October 2011 - 04:33 PM.

[gemini17]

I goto Novatech for all my pc parts etc.
My pc I got through local add paper-paid £120.Needed a clean up and new drives-but only added £30,which was a bargin
The computer guy said my pc was worth £300-£400.Not that im selling lol
I invested in a new monitor from Novatech,set me back £90 but it is 22"-plays all the slots without a prob(And is only reason I purchased it!!)
If you got £400 then shop around,but dont just go for brand new as you may spy a bargin in your local paper.
I did have a laptop but it was too heavy to cart around and I couldnt play some slots on it,so I sold it and got a netbook.
True no slots to play on that! But its handy when away from home.

[vectra666]

i,ll try shovin my new turbo powered henry up its fan see what that does lol

[pilky]

just get a tower setup n do away with the lappy problem once and for all ...lol......

[vectra666]

unfortuntally ain,t got room for complete pc jobby looking around for one today if not might di sect old lappy have a prod about take it to work put the air line up it vent holes

[vectra666]

got a new lappy plays fruits just as good if not better colour 529 down to 299 thanks anyways

[dannypyeman]

you should get at least 7 years out of a decent laptop these days. if fan dies then be sure to use a cooling tray always on a flat surface otherwise it will cut off if it gets too hot. this isnt fauilty its just the CPU if it reaches a certain temp it shuts down itself to prevent burn.

[pilky]

nice 1 vectra wats ya specs for the new lappy .....

[vectra666]

advent monza red 4gb memory,320gb s-ata hdrive 15.6 widescreen but moved tool bar to see fruity buttons intel celeron t3500 don,t know what else is on it it may be good or poo but it does the job i want it to do thats internet n playing my fruities much better speed on reels and better colour, without blowing up lol and i got a letter "I" that works properly now ha ha

[vectra666]

took older lappy to work put air gun up it and quite a bit of dust and bum fluff came out so now prob got two lappy,s to use could play two fruities next to each other at same time lol

[Magz]

unfortuntally ain,t got room for complete pc jobby looking around for one today if not might di sect old lappy have a prod about take it to work put the air line up it vent holes

Not 100% sure what you mean by "put the air line up it vent holes" but if you're on about blowing air into it or using a hoover to suck out the dust then I'd advise against as it can cause the internal fans to spin for too fast and break them which is expensive and fiddly to fix...

If you're confident enough to take it apart, then you should be able to manually clean off the fans and surrounding filters. If not, it's worth finding a decent repair place that can do that for you for about £30.

On another note, I had one in the lab the other day and that had a bit of carpet stuck in it! Turned out the end user had been running it on the floor in their living room and it had sucked up the shagpile in through the vents .

Edited by Magz, 03 October 2011 - 11:04 AM.

[stanmarsh14]

This is the one I not long back picked up

http://direct.tesco....R.210-7600.aspx

Got it from Argos (I also paid more), great all rounder, good enough for most stuff, also pretty dam fast transcoding audio files with DB Poweramp.

Also does not sound like a sodding jet engine, when you give the processor a thrashing.

[vectra666]

all sorted now old lappy now dust free and workin hopefully won,t over heat now, new one fruities have better colour fit better still won,t be able to play all resalotion dx,s but i ain,t bothered and reels spin faster especially red hot x so i happy so once again cheers guys for all the advice given