"Jpearl" wrote in message
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I'm having this same problem with my presario notebook (P4). Luckily it is
under warranty... I'm going to take it back to CompUSA where I bought it and
see what they say... I will let you know if they have any ideas that nobody
else has thought of yet. I notice mine first using Hoyle's Casino game
software. The fan is maxed out on mine too, right before it shuts down.
Sounds like the exact same problem...

my snip

Can you spell Dell? ;-)
Yup. The factory knows about it and they sent me a box to ship it back.
I have declined because I need the machine this month for work.
I can avoid the problem by just doing what I'm doing and use another
workstation for music, etc.
What infuriated me was the double talk about the warranty.
First they said I could pay to extend it, then they said no because " it
was manufactured before the merger".... HUH? I must have called
5 numbers and finally got a confirmation from their legal/contract
team who said, No, sorry, goodbye.
As a former systems engineer/test engineer I will fix this damn thing
myself. Oh yeah, it's a heatsink/fan thing, according informed sources.

- pack (disgruntled with HP/Compaq)