Toshiba Satellite A200 overheating

webbiegareth · 22nd August 2008, 11:04 PM

Hi all,

A friend has a Toshiba Satellite A200 that has been crashing, and she ended up buying one of those USB cooling pads, which helps.

Anyway, I got her to install the freeware SIW tool, which told her the temps - both cores were idling at around 72 degrees C. Yikes...

Is this normal for a Satellite A200? I'm assuming not.

(My Inspiron 6400, with a slightly faster CPU, but idles at around 32 degrees C)...

So, before I order a new fan and pull the thing apart when I see her next, I was just curious what the average idle temp was for an A200 (with a 1.7ghz core duo CPU).

aftahours · 22nd August 2008, 11:06 PM

It'll be clogged up with dust, they always do. Rip it apart and you will see one side of the heatsink solidly coated in dust. Stupid design.

webbiegareth · 22nd August 2008, 11:15 PM

The problem is that when I was playing with it a few weeks back, I couldn't see the fan spinning at all...

So I'm guessing the fan is also dead as well, apart from the dust issue.

I'm assuming the fan should be working at full speed at that kind of temp?

fried_chicken · 26th August 2008, 12:36 AM

My gfs A200 idles pretty warm as well. A T5300 speedstepped to 800MHz idles at 66 and 69 for each core.
Even at idle the fan spins at a low rpm.
The heatsinks on these models are really small.

Disassemble pictures here.

BlackSniper87 · 26th August 2008, 4:57 AM

mate not sure but if the fan has stopped spinning maybe it is clogged with dust?

you could try buying a notebook cooler as well just to supplement the apparently crap cooling your notebook has

22nd August 2008, 11:04 PM	#1
webbiegareth Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 8	Toshiba Satellite A200 overheating Hi all, A friend has a Toshiba Satellite A200 that has been crashing, and she ended up buying one of those USB cooling pads, which helps. Anyway, I got her to install the freeware SIW tool, which told her the temps - both cores were idling at around 72 degrees C. Yikes... Is this normal for a Satellite A200? I'm assuming not. (My Inspiron 6400, with a slightly faster CPU, but idles at around 32 degrees C)... So, before I order a new fan and pull the thing apart when I see her next, I was just curious what the average idle temp was for an A200 (with a 1.7ghz core duo CPU).

26th August 2008, 4:57 AM	#5
BlackSniper87 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rockhampton Posts: 1,760	mate not sure but if the fan has stopped spinning maybe it is clogged with dust? you could try buying a notebook cooler as well just to supplement the apparently crap cooling your notebook has __________________ Asus P5K Intel E8400 (3.0Ghz) Razer Deathadder Razer Tarantula Coolermaster 850W PSU 275T Evga GTX 280 Vista Ultimate 2x Seagate 500GB Coolermaster Stacker 830 Corsair TwinX 4GB Kit 1066 This is my awesome rig !!!

22nd August 2008, 11:06 PM	#2
aftahours Boobies! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: brisbane Posts: 4,168	It'll be clogged up with dust, they always do. Rip it apart and you will see one side of the heatsink solidly coated in dust. Stupid design.

22nd August 2008, 11:15 PM	#3
webbiegareth Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 8	The problem is that when I was playing with it a few weeks back, I couldn't see the fan spinning at all... So I'm guessing the fan is also dead as well, apart from the dust issue. I'm assuming the fan should be working at full speed at that kind of temp?

26th August 2008, 12:36 AM	#4
fried_chicken Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 73	My gfs A200 idles pretty warm as well. A T5300 speedstepped to 800MHz idles at 66 and 69 for each core. Even at idle the fan spins at a low rpm. The heatsinks on these models are really small. Disassemble pictures here.