Possible a mini-fan was replaced for one that was seized/failed. Some laptops do have a feature where they slowdown abit in order to save battery life and reduce heat output if the system gets into demanding situations thus putting out more heat, though it should ramp-up as demand does. That's a guess on my part, but its possible.
good luck -----Willy
happy holidays!
for my job i have a tecra 9000 that was overheating and was repaired and now runs ice cold. recently i bought tecra 8000 that runs hot. does anybody know what could have fixed on the 9000.
new to pc land from mac world.

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