Hey computer nerds!

[KillerVee]

Try running it without the battery, but plugged in. Does it get hot? Does it make the noise.

Lol, I was using "that noise" in it's slang form

 

[anythingispossible]

a lot of laptops lost every year because of overheating..

 

[KillerVee]

Well my laptop is always sitting on my bed/blankets or on my lap. Is that bad?

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Well my laptop is always sitting on my bed/blankets or on my lap. Is that bad?

That is bad.

Air must be venting from the laptop at all times. A lot of electricity is going through a computer, and heat is made because of this........it must be released or the hardware can be ruined physically.

 

[anythingispossible]

I don't think where you place it is bad but if it's overeating it will burn out your motherboard. If you have a can of compressed air I would try blowing it out first.

 

[KillerVee]

That is bad.

Air must be venting from the laptop at all times. A lot of electricity is going through a computer, and heat is made because of this........it must be released or the hardware can be ruined physically.

Where am I supposed to put it? Hold it in the air?

 

[hunzworth]

I dont really know much about computers but do know a little about this problem:

1) Your battery could be going bad which is causing it to have to be charged more often and is causing the battery and the area around the power plug to heat up.

2) Your fan could be clogged.

3) You are possibly blocking the vents by setting it on you leg.

I would also quit setting it on the bed and such, not only for the heat it traps but the dust is sucks in. FWIW i'd buy a cooling tray.

 

[KillerVee]

So.... buy a new battery, buy a thingamajig of compressed air, and buy a cooling tray?

 

[JMlion71]

Where am I supposed to put it? Hold it in the air?

Do post a picture of that, Ms. Vee.

 

[hunzworth]

So.... buy a new battery, buy a thingamajig of compressed air, and buy a cooling tray?

may not be there quite yet, id try the other two and see if that helps first.

EDIT: actually after googling "plugged in not charging" it sounds like your battery is on the way out.

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=battery+icon+says+plugged+in+not+charging

 

[KillerVee]

So, I took the battery out for 30 minutes and kept the laptop plugged in. The laptop didn't cool down at all and kept whirring. I popped the battery back in after 30 minutes and it's charging!

Is it possible the fan is overworking and got the battery so hot that it stopped working temporarily and is now ok because I took it out and let it cool down?

 

[SoonerDO]

Leave it in the icebox over night.

 

[potzer25]

try vacuuming or blowing into the fan slots?

 

[KillerVee]

Leave it in the icebox over night.

What's an icebox, Jethro?

 

[KillerVee]

try vacuuming or blowing into the fan slots?

I gave it a pretty thorough blow job a little bit ago and it didn't look that dusty.

 

[ChiefWhiteHorse]

Did you try cleaning the gunk out of the mouse?

 

[SoonerDO]

What's an icebox, Jethro?

 

[KillerVee]

You started it!

 

[JMlion71]

So, I took the battery out for 30 minutes and kept the laptop plugged in. The laptop didn't cool down at all and kept whirring. I popped the battery back in after 30 minutes and it's charging!

Is it possible the fan is overworking and got the battery so hot that it stopped working temporarily and is now ok because I took it out and let it cool down?

I don't know - is the fan still whirring with the battery in?

 

[KillerVee]

I don't know - is the fan still whirring with the battery in?

Yeah.