Laptop overheating with F 16

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 15:23 -0800, Erinn Looney-Triggs wrote:

> Well folks, thank you all so much for your time and energy. Adam, thanks
> for your patience. Looks like this is a hardware issue, I don't know why
> it didn't crop up before when I was load testing F 15 and Windows, but
> after jumping into Windows to try and get the temperatures, as
> suggested, for a point of comparison the system over heated and shut
> down. In fact it did it twice in a row, so that is more than enough
> confirmation for me, I will be talking with Lenovo to get new hardware.
> 
> I will also close up the bug report I filed. Thanks again for your
> patience and the information, I learned a lot during this process.

No problem. The 'compressed air in the fan vents' wheeze is worth a
shot, though. It can certainly help.
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