I have a Dell Inspiron B130 which I've upgraded to 2G Ram and a 160GB hard drive. I thought possibly the upgrades were responsible for my computer running hot, idle it shows a temp of sometimes 70C or above. When I replaced the upgrades with the original Ram (512K) and hard drive (40G), it still runs the same. I've cleaned out the fan and heat sink and replaced the thermal compound. It still runs hot. This only started happening within the last six months. Any ideas what may be going on? Thanks.
I had a similar problem with a Dell Inspiron 1300. Solution: Clean the heat sink. It was clogged with dust not allowing free air circulation. After cleaning silence....ahhhh
My guess is that CPU fan, it there is one, is not working properly and your computer is heating up. Is it turning off, too, occasionally after a period of time? Suggest a new CPU fan.
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Thanks Vegggie Boy. The fan does turn off, but I am going to install a new one to see if that fixes the problem. As of this posting, my computer sat idle for several hours with only Firefox open. The temperature was at 71C when I checked just now. Isn't that too high for a idle system? Also, just right-clicking on my desktop spikes the CPU meter to between 40 and 70 percent with nothing open and most start-up items disabled. I'm just wondering if maybe these are signs of a processor going bad. As this is a low-end laptop, I really don't want to spend too much on it. The money would be better spent on a newer, faster model, I'm sure.
Where can I find instructions for removing and replacing the fan. B130.
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