Spurious thermal shutdowns on Dell Studio 1557

[Rui Paulo]

On 4 Apr 2010, at 01:02, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:

>> I use $20.00 USD aluminum cooling pad with the pair of built-in
>> USB-powered fans when doing buildworld and/or compiling something
>> comparably heavy.
> 
> I have no problem with using such a contraption. What still has me confused though is that I built world and 700 ports before hitting the first thermal-related shutdown. How come the problem only appeared after a couple of months? Dust buildup - that quickly?

In those few months, dust could've easily clobbered the air vents and made the fan unable to remove the heat from inside the computer.

Regards,
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Rui Paulo