Toshiba Laptop Media Player Buttons Causing Overheating Problem

I have a Toshiba 5205-S705 laptop. It has its DVD/media player buttons on
the front/leading edge of the case, forward of the touchpad. They are
exposed even when the laptop is in the closed position, I think by design so
that it can be used as a CD player even when closed. The problem is that
those buttons are frequently activated in the (standard laptop/notebook
carrying) case, in transit, causing the laptop to power up inside. Of
course, because it's in a closed container, the laptop and fan create more
and more heat trying (futilely) to cool itself down. When I get to my
destination, the thing's at about 150 degrees (I'm running SIGuardian
HDDTemperature, so I'm not exaggerating). I'm worried that one of these
times I'm not going to catch it, and it's going to melt down.

I've tried to disable these buttons b/c I don't need them, but haven't been
able to figure it out and, of course, tech support is worthless. Any ideas?

Bryan Capps ()

Bryan Capps wrote:
> I have a Toshiba 5205-S705 laptop. It has its DVD/media player
> buttons on the front/leading edge of the case, forward of the
> touchpad. They are exposed even when the laptop is in the closed
> position, I think by design so that it can be used as a CD player
> even when closed. The problem is that those buttons are frequently
> activated in the (standard laptop/notebook carrying) case, in
> transit, causing the laptop to power up inside. Of course, because
> it's in a closed container, the laptop and fan create more and more
> heat trying (futilely) to cool itself down. When I get to my
> destination, the thing's at about 150 degrees (I'm running SIGuardian
> HDDTemperature, so I'm not exaggerating). I'm worried that one of
> these times I'm not going to catch it, and it's going to melt down.
>
> I've tried to disable these buttons b/c I don't need them, but
> haven't been able to figure it out and, of course, tech support is
> worthless. Any ideas?
>
> Bryan Capps ()

Might check BIOS setup for a setting to disable the keys. Otherwise, is
there a Toshiba utility somewhere?

Q

Tried both already.

"Quaoar" <> wrote in message
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> Bryan Capps wrote:
> > I have a Toshiba 5205-S705 laptop. It has its DVD/media player
> > buttons on the front/leading edge of the case, forward of the
> > touchpad. They are exposed even when the laptop is in the closed
> > position, I think by design so that it can be used as a CD player
> > even when closed. The problem is that those buttons are frequently
> > activated in the (standard laptop/notebook carrying) case, in
> > transit, causing the laptop to power up inside. Of course, because
> > it's in a closed container, the laptop and fan create more and more
> > heat trying (futilely) to cool itself down. When I get to my
> > destination, the thing's at about 150 degrees (I'm running SIGuardian
> > HDDTemperature, so I'm not exaggerating). I'm worried that one of
> > these times I'm not going to catch it, and it's going to melt down.
> >
> > I've tried to disable these buttons b/c I don't need them, but
> > haven't been able to figure it out and, of course, tech support is
> > worthless. Any ideas?
> >
> > Bryan Capps ()
>
> Might check BIOS setup for a setting to disable the keys. Otherwise, is
> there a Toshiba utility somewhere?
>
> Q
>
>
>

not sure if applies to your model:
You can remover the background task from the system tray, the one reads the
buttons in question.
Without that task the buttons will not get activated.
Hope this works for you.

"Bryan Capps" <> wrote in message
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> I have a Toshiba 5205-S705 laptop. It has its DVD/media player buttons on
> the front/leading edge of the case, forward of the touchpad. They are
> exposed even when the laptop is in the closed position, I think by design
so
> that it can be used as a CD player even when closed. The problem is that
> those buttons are frequently activated in the (standard laptop/notebook
> carrying) case, in transit, causing the laptop to power up inside. Of
> course, because it's in a closed container, the laptop and fan create more
> and more heat trying (futilely) to cool itself down. When I get to my
> destination, the thing's at about 150 degrees (I'm running SIGuardian
> HDDTemperature, so I'm not exaggerating). I'm worried that one of these
> times I'm not going to catch it, and it's going to melt down.
>
> I've tried to disable these buttons b/c I don't need them, but haven't
been
> able to figure it out and, of course, tech support is worthless. Any
ideas?
>
> Bryan Capps ()
>
>