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    Dell 14z laptop - gets hot, shuts down, battery near end of cycle

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Aarencobb, Jun 5, 2011.

  1. Aarencobb

    Aarencobb Newbie

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    I have a Dell 14z that is recently shutting down because it gets too hot. It never did that the first year I owned it. This occurs despite being on a desktop surface with reasonable ventilation

    It is not running any major software when this happens, just browser programs.

    Recently i started getting warnings that my battery was nearing end of cyle and would not hold a charge as long anymore.

    Are these two things related? If not, what is causing the severe over heating?
     
    Aarencobb, Jun 5, 2011
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  2. Robin24k

    Robin24k Notebook Deity

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    Have you checked the heatsink and fan for dust? Also, keep an eye on the CPU load, if it goes 100% for unknown reasons, open the Task Manager and sort the process list by %. See if you can identify the program, or post the EXE name here.
     
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