Toshiba satellite a70 shuts down by its selfI own a toshiba satellite laptop and for about a year now my toshiba satellite a70 notebook kept shutting down by its self. This was getting on my nerves something bad that my toshiba satellite a70 would shut down automatically unexpectedly. After a ton a research spanning over about 6 months i found an article on the internet explaining that the toshiba satellite a70 was prone to overheating and the a70 would shut off on its own because it would get too hot. The reason the a70 was shutting down on its own was to save the laptop from damaging itself when it got too hot. Long before i found this piece of information on the a70 laptop i realised that it was way too hot, so i decided to use a small desktop fan. This worked for a little while depending on what you were doing on the toshiba a70, something you do use more processing power than others. Video encoding was the worst of them all, all it needed was a minute or two and then black it would turn off automatically. Heres how to fix and open the toshiba satellite a70 and perform an ortopsy lol. The toshiba satellite a70 is very prone to dust build up around the vents, heat sink and alot of other places. How to open clean and fix toshiba satellite a70 when it shuts down.You need to go and buy a small set of laptop screwdrivers. There are particular screw type bolts on the back which a hexagon shaped, you will need to remove them too. When your buying these screw drivers make sure you purchase some small set of star shaped screwdrivers because there is one thats needed inside too. Be very careful when opening your laptop and if you can buy the following.
Im going to direct you to a web page with a complete guide with pictures for opening up and cleaning your overheating toshiba satellite laptop. (the very guide i used and swear by.) |