How do I clean this thing without having to take fan apart? Vacuuming is not adequate.

probably clogged vent and/or lent filter. Worth removing top and looking inside as well. May need a good vacuuming out.

It could be over heating. Try vacuuming the vents of the fan. There are vents air is sucked into the fan and exhaust vents that the fan blows the air over coils that heat the air. The coils get dirty. The next step for overheating is taking apart the notebook and applying new thermal paste. Taking apart a laptop is very involved.

It's probably just overheating. You have to take the vacuum apart and clean it thoroughly. There is probably a "plug" of dirt/hair/gunk clogging a hose.

I have had cheap vacuums that last years as long as I clean them regularly.

I don't think you can. If you take it to have a geek look at it, the first thing they will do is pull the RAM out, look at it to see if there is anything obviously wrong with it -- then re-seat it and try the machine again. So, you may as well at least do that. The RAM is behind one of the panels on the bottom of the computer. If there is two, pull both and try it with only one of them. This will start you on a process of elimination in case one is bad / one is good. But don't be disheartened yet if there is only one. It can loose adequate contact, and just pulling it and re-seating can fix.

Toshiba builds a good machine. But, they are bad about getting clogged up with dust. If you don't take them apart ever so often and clean the dust out, it can become completely clogged at the out-vent. This of course causes a barely adequate ventilation system to become not adequate. And your machine begins to overheat. And that can damage the motherboard or the processor. So, once a year or so, I take mine apart and clean it out. The last time I did this the out-vent was completely matted over in such a way that the dust appeared to be a filter of some sort. I was confused for a minute (even though I've done it before) and then, "Oh sh$#, there are NO FILTERS!!!" The first time I did this, there was actually a ball of dust that had been rolling around in the fan housing, like a snow ball, getting bigger and bigger. It finally jammed the fan, and that's when I knew there was a problem - because I had become used to hearing the fan (a lot). And that's another thing to mention; If you start noticing that it seems like the fan is real loud, like running real hard all the time...that's because it is. And that's because your computer runs a little program that tells the fan how hot the processor is.

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Don

When the CPU overheats then it will shut down (i.e. thermaloverload) and won't boot up again until it has cooled down. If this is theproblem is not fixed then the CPU will eventually fail.
A faulty fan causes the problem or the fan and heat sink assembly are cloggedwith dust.
Check the CPU fan to see if it spins freely, if not replace the fan.
If the fan and heat sink is clogged with dust the remove the dust and make surethe vents are clear and dust free. Use a can of compressed air to do this. Use a fan assisted laptop cooling pad for addition cooling.

You have an excess amount of lint buildup inside the ceramic element, you need to take the unit apart to clean the element. The fan housing covers the backside of the element and blows the air forward, over a period of time lint builds up.

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You have to take the fan apart. They didn't design it with the convenience of the customer who likes to keep things clean in mind, so you have to get out a bunch of screwdrivers and stuff and roll around on the ground and fight with it until you get it apart. I posted a lengthy post on how to get this model apart, as I just did mine yesterday. Just look for my name on the Lasko models like this one. But be careful and don't try it if you don't think you can pull it off without getting hurt.

It probably means that your condenser coils are dirty and need to be cleaned up. The condenser coils are the copper tubes in the back of the machine next to the condenser fan. If just vacuuming them up doesn't sufficiently clean them then you may want to get some coil cleaner from your local hardware store or whoever sold you the refrigerator.
If the condenser coils are already clean then you may not have enough airflow. Be sure you have 4 to 8 inches of free space behind the unit to provide adequate airflow.

try, http://www.uelements.com/downloads/Fj-aby14rga-sm.pdf

Try removing your harddrive to see it that's what is causing the problems. Games should play fine without harddrive, but no save, of course. It it works without HD you may need to replace yours.