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OT offered as Humor. Confessions of a stupid man.
I'm sure that the subject line of this post is of no surprise to many of
you, but here I put it in writing. I have a Gateway Laptop computer, a very nice one, 15 inch viewable screen, CD/DVD drive, etc. But wait, the CD drive is writable. Still no revelation you say? True, but, in my feeble mind, I have pondered a question, for nearly a year I have wondered if the CD drive is merely writable or is it a rewritable drive? Hmmm, difficult question for me, a real brain I am. Anyway, yesterday the quest began anew. I looked at the properties in the Control Panel under System, not conclusive. I looked in Multimedia, I used Norton's Utilities System Info, etc. Nothing. How was I to solve this dilemma ever plaguing me, I needed to know? Ah, I stumbled upon the Gateway site, entered my serial number, they acknowledged that my warranty is good well into 2006, they still know who I am. I look under the various items that they offer concerning my computer, ah yes, they have a section on the CD/DVD drive. This certainly must yield the answer. I eagerly opened the section concerned, perusing the various information that is designed to help the computer illiterate gain some information about their machines. Yes yes, they have the answer, I finally, after nearly a year, know exactly what type of drive that I have. The answer was, are you ready for this, to look on the door of the CD tray, written as clear as day, on my computer, it says "CD Rewritable DVD ROM Drive". Mind you that the door is on the side of the computer, I guess far be it from me to have actually looked at it. A real brain I am. The day wasn't entirely without merit though. My laptop computer seems like it runs hot. I have elevated the computer using oversize feet. I have used the dust blower sprays available in a can, clearing the fan intake on the bottom of the computer, as well as the discharge slots on the rear, yet it never seemed like it was good enough, the fan runs much too often. Online sites advocated disassembly of the laptop, so that impacted dust and hairs etc. can be removed from the fan and cooling assemblies. Being that the computer is under warranty, I did not wish to damage anything that may invalidate same. Anyway, Gateway has a section on the user replacing the keyboard in the laptop. I figured that I could gain access to the fan with the keyboard removed. So I indeed removed the keyboard, easily accessed the fan, and found a hair ball. I dust sprayed the inside, including the heat sink assembly. The processor seems to have a flattened copper tube in intimate contact with it, and this tube in turn goes to the heat sink fins (I use these terms loosely), whereupon the air blows across them from the fan. The flattened tube may contain a gas/liquid, as the end is finished like a refrigeration sensing bulb would be. Anybody have any insights into these? Dr. Artaud |
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