[jwarrilow89]

Hi, i've had my laptop since November and my laptop constantly overheats, it's a huge problem as I dont know how to open up this laptop and clean the fan is there any way I can make the fan stay on all the time to keep the CPU temp down?

Any Help would be great thanks

[Hybr!d]

Fans are thermostat controlled, if they need to be on permanently, they will.

That aside they can still overheat as dust blocks the airways.

Get a can of compressed air and blow it out, they come with a nozzle so you can reach most places.

[jwarrilow89]

how can i get hold of one of these? any way i can over ride my thermostate? software for example? thanks

[Hybr!d]

Why would you want to, it will run at 100% if it needs to already. Overriding it will just ware it out faster as it will run 100% when it isn't needed. Cleaning is the answer, don't bodge it or it will cost you in the long term when the thing melts.

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[jwarrilow89]

thanks, i have baught a can off ebay as you said :) hopefully i should be able to sort it out.

also i have another problem with my sound, when i click the speaker on the task bar, when music is playing it has a green level, showing it's working, but theres no sound coming through the speakers or my headphones? i was thinking as I have a laptop it will be very difficult to replace the sound card, so is an external one the best option thanks