Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527 Notebook "clean heat sink fins" Questions

...and grit. you may have to open up the unit and use a can of dust remover to clean the fins on the heat sink out. it is causing your CPU to shut down bucause it is becoming overheated. Happy Fixing

...clean the cooling fan and the cooling fins to the CPU heat sink and be sure that the air intake vents for the cooling fan are also clean and free of any dust, dirt, or lint. Here are some images that ...

...clean the cooling fins? Below is the link to your service manual that goes over the disassembly in detail. http://tim.id.au/laptops/toshiba/satellite%20a40.pdf I've actually done this. I used the ...

clean your laptop regularly. I suggest, every time you vacuum. Or if you don't vacuum, once a month - 3 months pending how often you use the computer. You can do any of the following. Literally vacuum

heat sinks are clean and working properly, then you will enable the power management features of the processor (Toshiba's power utility does not do this). First, of course, get the canned air and blow

heat sink, inside the fan and air ducts. If you feel you are able to dismantle your laptop case and get it back together properly, you can fix this yourself: dismantle until you can access the CPU fan

...heat sink/fan assembly and then unscrew and remove the fan. Look inside and you will find a wad of lint at the entrance to the heatsink fins. Clean the lint out of the heatsink. The laptop now has ...

...heat sink, like in your dryer, fill with lint. Get some torx drivers, and with the power off, open the cover to the CPU ( bottom, on the hinge edge to the right. Now, use small philips driver ...

...heat sink fins are clean. Hard drive tested and used as usb drive on other computers, works fine. Any ideas Thank you Mark This is probably an issue with the laptop's power supply. Check your PSU for ...