M6 shuts down my notebook

remains · Mar 24, 2004, 07:12 PM

Hi!
I have Fuijitsu-Siemens Amilo D FH2 notebook, with M6 on board. During everyday use, when I work or surf the internet everything seems to be fine, but whenever I start a game ( any game, even those without 3D graphics) my M6 unit starts overheating. Few minutes later it shuts down my computer. I have to use the power switch to start it again. What's happening? I tried many different drivers and it's still the same. But what is important, at the begining ( when I bought it , I mean) I had no such problem. It started some time ago. I guess just when I installed Omega Driver 2.5.14. Can drivers couse a problem like this?
Help!!! I don't know what to do....

blade5545 · Mar 24, 2004, 07:38 PM

Most likely the fan is dead, laptops are designed to take a lot of heat to a point, I have an old laptop that has no fans and after a couple hours if you touch the bottom you will burn your finger, enginers design them to take as much heat as posible before the fan turns the main reason for that is beacuse fans are noisy and they eat up a lot of power, once the fan turns on the laptop has gone beyond its thermal limit and it needs to cool down if the fan is dead then the system will just shut down, normal surfing and office work will rarely get the system hot enough but gaming will definently get it hot enough for the fans to turn on.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 24, 2004, 07:57 PM

take/send it in for service

Mar 24, 2004, 07:12 PM	#1
remains DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	M6 shuts down my notebook Hi! I have Fuijitsu-Siemens Amilo D FH2 notebook, with M6 on board. During everyday use, when I work or surf the internet everything seems to be fine, but whenever I start a game ( any game, even those without 3D graphics) my M6 unit starts overheating. Few minutes later it shuts down my computer. I have to use the power switch to start it again. What's happening? I tried many different drivers and it's still the same. But what is important, at the begining ( when I bought it , I mean) I had no such problem. It started some time ago. I guess just when I installed Omega Driver 2.5.14. Can drivers couse a problem like this? Help!!! I don't know what to do....

Mar 24, 2004, 07:38 PM	#2
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	Most likely the fan is dead, laptops are designed to take a lot of heat to a point, I have an old laptop that has no fans and after a couple hours if you touch the bottom you will burn your finger, enginers design them to take as much heat as posible before the fan turns the main reason for that is beacuse fans are noisy and they eat up a lot of power, once the fan turns on the laptop has gone beyond its thermal limit and it needs to cool down if the fan is dead then the system will just shut down, normal surfing and office work will rarely get the system hot enough but gaming will definently get it hot enough for the fans to turn on. __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Mar 24, 2004, 07:57 PM	#3
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	take/send it in for service __________________