laptops overheating?

Pizza_Boy

Pizza_Boy

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just wondering is it true that laptops overheat easily due to it's compact size and the surface it is placed on?
 
Clever idea with laptops is to place a small raiser (block etc) in each corner under the laptop so theres at least an inch or two gap.

Breaks.
 
Or you can purchase one of those special laptop bays. But they're a little on the expensive side considering you can do it yourself make shift with four blocks etc :P. Giving a lttle air way under the laptop surprisingly offers very good benefits with cooling.

Breaks.
 
Haha, good advice Bramp :P I have read the higher end IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad laptops have multiple places where they can pull air in. This way you can't really block the "main" one off.

To cope with it, I underclock my Averatec to 800MHz... It really helps a good bit... I originally used SpeedswitchXP, but I recently found some new software that's much better. Unfortunetly, I forgot the name, and I'm on my desktop. If anyone's interested, just PM me :P
 
thanks...
i was wondering if you could tell me some of the latest laptops out that ranges from 1000-1500 dollars?
cause i wanna buy a performance laptop
either windows or Mac is good
 
Through recent experiences, one of the last things you want to do is to put a laptop down on a bed with a duvet or lightweight sheet or something. Once the PC has been on a while, the air intake switches on, and can suck the material towards the fan vents. I know this because of a recent experience. My bro melted the family laptop by placing it on a bed while downloading games and listening to music. The fan intake switched on and sucked in material without him noticing, resulting in bad ventilation and the overheating of the machine. I think you'll find that its not covered under most insurers if you actually tell them that you couldn't care less if it overheated, but if you tell them that it was in a well ventilated area and seemed to randomly overheat, they'll replace it, no probs. (I'm not trying to get you to commit fraud, so the easiest method is to go to the dealer, and if they won't help, go through your home insurance company under accidental damage).
 
That's not exactly true, my HP laptop can draw in air through the exhaust port because I've accidentally left it on in my bag for 15 mins before and while the vent on the base was covered the vent on the back was open and when I removed the laptop it wasn't revving the fan at all. You'd need very loose fabric to cause that coupled to a very open fan port. My cousins have a laptop running on an early Prescott and even if it stays on a bed it doesn't overheat and melt. Don't also forget fabric can let air through, enough to keep a laptop cool for certain.
 
Here's a few good ideas to stop your computer from over-heating:

The first is to go into power settings and turn your hard drive speed down, that will stop it from getting so hot.

The second thought is to vacuum the vents or even take it into a computer shop for them to clean out. If you take your computer back it its manufacture, they should be able to do it for you.

Or if you know a bit about computers is to go into BIOS and change the fan settings to full.

Ash
 
Vacuuming the computer vents is not a clever idea. The amount of static that a vacuum generates could easily travel to your components and damage them.

Breaks.
 
I knew someone who had a compaq presario, and it overheated, and the dc wall power jack basically melted, and compaq wouldn't fix it. They said he had to get a whole new motherboard. I've heard alot about compaq/hp presario laptops seriously overheating.

But anyhow, i'd suggest the block idea to keep it cool, or get a cooling pad for your lap.

And DON'T use a vacum for the fan. Just use a can of good ol' compressed air.

Kevinaz
 
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