My graphics card is overheating. How can I make it stop, or alternatively turn off the warning message? [more inside]
posted by penguinliz on Nov 18, 2009 - 15 answers

Why is my car overheating in traffic jams? [more inside]
posted by A Terrible Llama on Jun 19, 2009 - 29 answers

Help! My games are being plagued with screen artifacts. [more inside]
posted by flatluigi on May 14, 2009 - 16 answers

My Toshiba Satellite laptop has this problem. But, there's a catch: I'm pretty computer illiterate and don't know how to fix it. [more inside]
posted by Ms. Saint on Jun 11, 2008 - 9 answers

Why does my 12" Powerbook overheat so much? [more inside]
posted by DLWM on Jun 8, 2008 - 11 answers

Please help me figure out how to access the heatsink on my laptop. [more inside]
posted by poweredbybeard on May 27, 2008 - 9 answers

I have a hot laptop. In fact, it's so hot that I can't even touch it. Is this normal? Or has the fan given up? [more inside]
posted by jonathanbell on Nov 29, 2007 - 11 answers

Can you help my ACER L100 stop over-heating? (Please say yes, I'm trying to write my thesis!) [more inside]
posted by mateuslee on Sep 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Shut my computer up...what's the best way to stop making my computer's fans work so hard. [more inside]
posted by melissam on Aug 26, 2007 - 13 answers

I'm having problems with my Dell laptop regularly overheating and causing everything to slowly freeze up, but I can't figure out the causality... [more inside]
posted by griphus on Mar 10, 2007 - 15 answers

Help me with my Subaru Forester overheating problem? [more inside]
posted by Kickstart70 on Aug 28, 2006 - 20 answers

favorite girls 2003 volkwagon jetta is over heating - low miles (30k) - she's semi-stranded in rapid city south dakota... anyone have any experience with similar problems with their late model vws? [more inside]
posted by specialk420 on Jul 23, 2006 - 8 answers

Peugeot 306 D Turbo overheating problems... [more inside]
posted by derbs on Jul 10, 2006 - 16 answers

The temperature sensor on my motherboard is going haywire! With an ambient temperature of around 30° Celsius, Motherboard Monitor is telling me that case temperature is fluctuating between -50°C and 50°C, with CPU temperature fluctuating between -125°C and 110°C. The sensor is obviously fried, but what can I do about it? [more inside]
posted by Tawita on Jan 7, 2006 - 3 answers

I have a laptop computer that is used almost exclusively on a glass table. It has had problems with overheating in the past; one the fans has gone out and had to be replaced. Does it make a difference what kind of surface I have the laptop on and is glass a poor choice for a its workspace?
posted by Ber on Sep 29, 2005 - 9 answers

Is it a bad idea to run the Folding@Home client on a laptop? [more inside]
posted by knave on Apr 19, 2005 - 11 answers

Why do certain Windows applications eat up 100% of my CPU processing capacity, and what can I do about it? This just happened when I started up Zelda Classic, and happens with my SNES emulator. Additional clues and oddities under the fold, Cartalk-style. [more inside]
posted by Saucy Intruder on Mar 22, 2005 - 14 answers

Are AMD CPUs prone to overheating? [more inside]
posted by knave on Jan 30, 2005 - 26 answers

My laptop is turning itself off at random [more inside] [more inside]
posted by Yelling At Nothing on Mar 18, 2004 - 10 answers