WinXP laptop temp question

In message , Bill in Co
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I may try that next, but I'm not expecting much. Coincentally or not, this
is the same laptop that I lost the double USB port in a few days ago (which
is located in the same area as the hot spot), and was never able to
resurrect (via any device manager uninstalls and reinstalls, etc). That
double USB port was apparently damaged at the hardware level, which I still
find hard to believe.

The obvious question: was the hotspot in evidence before the USB port
failed? If so, it seems not inconceivable that it could be related: the
heat fried a chip, or (though I think this would require _great_ heat)
desoldered something. Or could have just been the final factor that
would separate a minuscule crack that had developed, or something.

Can you get a thermometer into the port? (Maybe a meat/oven one? Though
don't short anything.)
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