Explore these images and more!Why laptop turns off or freezes? My computer runs very hot and eventually turns off or freezes – this is one of the most common complaints I have been receiving from my customer for many years.Is there an easy fix for that? Most likely this problem is heat related. Take a look at the following picture. Any laptop has a cooling module which includes two parts: the heat sink and cooling fan. When it works, the processor (CPU) heats up and the heat sing heats up too. At some temperature level, the fan kicks in and cools down the heatsink. The problem starts when the cooling module collects too much dust inside. The dust kills normal airflow inside the cooling module. Eventually, the processor overheats and the laptop turns off unexpectedly or freezes. This problem can be fixed by cleaning the cooling module. Cleaning the cooling module. Some laptops give you an easy access to the heatsink and fan. In laptops like that you can access the cooling module through the bottom cover.

In my example I had to remove the cooling module. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to remove the fan and access the heatsink. In some models you can remove the fan without separating the heatsink from the CPU. After I removed the fan, I found a thick layer of dust inside. Cleaning it up will fix the overheating problem. Apply thermal paste on the processor. You should apply new thermal paste before installing the heat sink back in place. Remove old thermal paste from the processor and heatsink using alcohol swab. WARNING: In some models the heatsink also covers the graphics chip. The part of the heatsink which covers the graphics chip might have thermal pad on it instead of regular thermal paste. Do not replace thermal pad with thermal paste! Do not apply thermal paste on the thermal pad! Just leave thermal pad alone and apply thermal paste only on the processor. I usually use Shin-Etsu paste which is relatively cheap and performs well. After applying new paste, install the cooling module back in place.

Do not forget to connect the fan cable to the motherboard! What if the cooling module cannot be removed easily? In some laptops the cooling module is buried deep inside the case and cannot be easily accessed and removed. In order to remove it you’ll have to disassemble the whole laptop but it’s only for experienced users. In this case you can use the following technique. It’s not perfect but works very well. Buy a can of compressed air or use a compressor. 1. Blow air into the fan grill on the bottom. 2. Blow air into the fan grill on the side. Switch direction a few times until all dust is gone. Most likely this quick cleaning will fix your problem too. You can support my work! Everything is changing as far as MicrosoftNot only is the company itself under new leadership, it is having to adapt to a rapidly changing ecosystem where consumers expect free operating systems, and the PC has given ground to mobile devices such as smartphones and

Here are five of the biggest challenges facing the company over the coming year. challenges facing Apple in 2015'Must-have'vacuum cleaner r001 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro accessoriesAndroidblack & decker vh780 vacuum cleaner review fansite picks iPad Air 2 as top tabletWherephilips vacuum cleaner fc6140/01 your tech focus should be in 2015 Published: December 15, 2014 -- 13:34 GMT (05:34 PST)Photo by: Microsoft Caption by: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Getting people excited about Windows 10 Microsoft as a whole is highly reliant on the Windows platform, but interest in new Windows releases has waned in both the consumer and enterprise segments. New releases bring some user interface

tweaks and a handful of new features, but on the whole there's little that Windows 8 can do that people can't do with Windows 7, or for that matterThis means that there's little incentive for people to upgrade, and this in turn has a knock-on negative effect on PC sales.Windows 10 gives Microsoft a chance to turnThe platform itself is shaping up well, but generating sustained consumer and enterprise interest is going to take a lot of ad dollars, and a lot of hard work. Free upgrades to existing Windows PCs would be a good start – Microsoft could monetize this either through Bing services, or just see it as a cost of keeping people in the ecosystem.Microsoft also needs to rope in the PC OEMsTheir future successes or failures are also tied to Windows 10, and they will have a bit part to play if Windows 10 is going to be a success. Developing and then fostering a mobile platform isn't easy, as Microsoft has discovered. The to main problems facing

Windows Phone right now are:- Intense pressure from iOS and Android, both of which are established and firmly entrenched.- Lack of differentiation from iOS and Android, which makes a third-place ecosystem a bad bet.- Poor carrier support.Then there's the hardware. A company can have a strong reputation for building quality products and still end up in the tarThis is what happened to Nokia. Now that Nokia is part of Microsoft, things are still far from peachy. If anything, with Nokia being the primary Windows Phone platform, that could be harming more than it helps given that it is seen by many as an old-school brand. No matter how we cut it, PC sales are declining, and any reprieve that a corporate upgrade cycle brings will beWindows is tied to the PC, and Microsoft is tied to Windows, which means that declining PC sales are bad news.It's hard to know what Microsoft should doTry to boost PC sales by making them cheaper by shaving a few bucks off

the price of Windows licenses, or throw more effort and energy into areas such as mobile or gaming? Whatever it does, Microsoft needs to get that plan in place soon because the faltering PC ecosystem is a drag on the company's image, and in the long term, it's dominance and bottom line. This is the next big thing, and Microsoft has hit the ground running with the Band. However, it's clear from the complaints that this is very much a first-generation device, and while the hardware is top-notch, the overall user experience – from wearing it to using it in the real world – leaves a lot to be desired.Apple will be releasing its Apple Watch early next year, and if Microsoft doesn't have a dramatically improved Band 2 out soon to respond to it, it runs the risk of missing out on this market in the same way it missed out on smartphones and tablets. Sorting out the security patch hell Something strange is going on with security