Laptop Cooling Questions-Pretty Basic

[DeltaDart1]

Laptop is a new HP2000. 99.9% of the time it's sitting on the kitchen table with nothing in the way to cause any heating problems. The thing that's always bugged me about laptops is I don't they sit high enough to allow more airflow below the laptop.

Do you think it would benefit the laptop cooling if I added another round piece of rubber to the factory pads to give it more room for the air to flow underneath the laptop?

Another question about cooling. We have 2 cats and 1 dog in our house. As cats and dog do they shed. Now on my desk top I always take the cover off and clean it and there will be very small amounts of hair.

Now looking at the laptop the intake and outtake holes aren't very big. Would it be wise to remove the bottom half of the laptop and make sure it's clean and free of hair and other stuff? Thanks!!

 

[n0xious]

No, exposing any part of the laptop is not recommended and removing/making changes to the laptop in any way might void your warranty. Just get yourself a USB laptop cooler.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=Laptop+cooler&_sacat=0

 

[Havoc]

I have always just used a 1"x12" piece of wood place under the back legs of the laptop...
This gets it up in the air a little and makes the laptop run cooler..

 

[strollin]

As long as the vents on the underside of the laptop are not blocked, there should be sufficient air flow. Having the laptop rest on a hard, flat surface should be fine. The problem arises when the laptop is placed on a soft surface such as carpeting or bedding where the vents get blocked. In addition, carpet & bedding are a source for lint to get sucked up into the vents and block airflow within the laptop.

Since your laptop is new, I wouldn't open it up since you could void your warranty. If you can see that the vents have debris blocking them you could try blowing them out using a can of compressed air.

Laptop coolers do provide more airflow and do increase cooling but shouldn't be needed. I've had a dozen or more different laptops for both work & personal use over the past 20 years and have never needed to use one of those laptop coolers and haven't encountered any overheating issues. I always make sure I use them on hard, flat surface.