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    My Laptop...

    I have a Compaq/HP Presario CQ61, and it seems to have a few little niggles that annoy me:

    The "hardware acceleration" seems very random and the fans make a horrible, almost squeaking noise. It's difficult to describe, but I find it extremely frustrating. I understand when playing games (it can barely run Minecraft, especially after the 1.8 update) and watching videos, but as I type this, it's going crazy because of the System Idle Process.

    My laptop sometimes suddenly turns off when I lock it and leave it for a few minutes/hours. It also sometimes won't shut down when I want it to; it just sits there with the fan whirring away until it goes into a blue screen.

    I doubt that these are serious problems, because I have had this for quite some time, and I can still do everything I previously could - albeit with constant whirring, and having to make sure my laptop turns off properly.

    Any insight will be helpful.

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    Re: My Laptop...

    When you say "Hardware Acceleration", can you describe in detail what you you are referencing here?

    Without having more detail on this I think there could potentially be more than one issue here:

    The issue of your system idle process may be the first but I believe that this may just have highlighted the fact that your laptop is overheating.

    The fact that it suddenly turns off after a period of time and has constant noise from the fans would indicate that they are spinning up to try to cool down your system.

    I would check that all of the vents and fans in the laptop are clear and free of dust, if you are able to access them and also make sure you are not blocking these while it is in use.

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