Recent content by timmo08

Thanks, I was starting to wonder about that. The temp does vary although seems to be have been OK recently (since I got a well vented stand for it), but it's never been cleaned inside (although that would go for most laptops I've had (through work, rather than this one which is personal) without...

Thanks for the replies. Given the fan activity (and I've noticed the fan kicking in quite a lot during normal use), would it more likely be a hardware problem ? Just wondering if that is the first thing to check before reinstalling everything..

Thanks, No idea if I have the original disk, will have a look at the instructions to reset/reinstall - I have all my data backed up but would rather not have to redo everything. Is the reset likely to help ?

Hi, thanks for the replies. At about the 7th attempt finally restarted but the problem seems to be getting worse and I notice there is feature update for Win10 lurking... Unfortunately don't have easy access to any other machine. Last time I did a Windows install was from a floppy disk ! Spec...

Many thanks.

Sorry, posted on wrong forum, can't see how to move it tho ? Maybe a moderator can do so or shall I re post.

Hi, I've noticed a problem after a few recent windows updates which has got now to the point where the laptop simply won't restart. It tries to restart, PCS logo appears, then goes to blank screen and nothing happens. After a few minutes the fan starts up and gets increasingly loud. Then after...

Hi, a problem that has been around for a while and is getting worse. The fan starts to run very loudly after the machine has been on barely 10 minutes. Sometimes it turns off, often the laptop hangs completely. Machine was bought from you about 18 months ago, used regularly but not daily, is...