Windows XP forum: Remove Auto Shutdown Due To Overheat (XP Home Edition)

"give me some rest so I can cool down, otherwise I may die".

The best thing the OP can do is to move to the North Pole to use that laptop for such a prolonged time. The next best thing is to do the yearly cleaning of the fans and replace the heat sink on the CPU and the GPU. The next best thing after that is to buy a cooling pad.
With all three solutions combined, there most likely will be no need to crack the BIOS or XP.

Kees

Why would you recommend that? What technical reason?

Mark

I would recommend that because if the computer overheats something could go wrong. Such as not working computer parts and loss of data. Also if the computer overheats and it shuts itself off it is to prevent damage. This is why I recommend to not disable it.

I mean that you should not disable it.

I had already use a notebook cooling pad but still had the autoshutdown because of the overheating.

better measures:
- reapply heat paste
- clear the fans
- replace non-working fans

Kees

And just for the record, since it seems so many people forget fundamental grade school physics... Heat RISES, so putting some kind of cooling pad on the BOTTOM of a laptop is going to have a minimal effect if that. Those cooling pads are scams IMO, little more than a placebo to make people feel all warm and fuzzy about having done something about the problem, when in reality it's like relying on the overflow drain in your sink (that little hole near the top edge) to counter the effects of a faucet that won't turn off. Best case scenario, you're managing the problem, you're not actually doing anything to solve the problem like calling a plumber (which would be akin to Kees' suggestions).

Call me crazy, but I prefer to cure the disease whenever possible, not simply treat the symptoms in perpetuity.