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I've cooked my lap-top
Aug 19, 2015 19:28:26 #
Delderby wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion.
I raise my lap tops with a bit of 2" x 3" timber for ease of use placed underneath towards the back. I had not thought of the cooling - but it does elevate the computer in much the same way - but it still fried! :-)
I raise my lap tops with a bit of 2" x 3" timber for ease of use placed underneath towards the back. I had not thought of the cooling - but it does elevate the computer in much the same way - but it still fried! :-)
Geez, what CPU and graphics chip did you have in it? The old PENTIUMs and AMDs did generate some heat. Normally, just elevating the rear or using one of those USB powered Laptop cooler gizmos does the trick.
Was your internal fan working? Typical problem with many laptops is they get dust and crud in the heat dissipating radiator and need a good cleaning or the fan quits working.
Aug 19, 2015 19:31:56 #
Aug 19, 2015 19:48:45 #
Zonker wrote:
He really has no idea about hardware!
Well if he was just drafting a letter when the INTEL GRAPHICS CHIP failed, it sure wasn't being overtaxed or working hard at the time.Typically it's the CPU that shuts the system down from overheating. Sounds to me more like his power supply has problems, but that's also a MOBO item on laptops. I sure am glad that the GForce graphics and memory come on a separate daughter board on my ASUS G750 and according to my temp scanning software, the components indicate they run very cool for being such a high end gaming machine. But ASUS did redesign the cooling path and vents out the back.
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Aug 20, 2015 01:21:19 #
alliebess wrote:
My computer guru son told me not to use computer at 85 F or above and to limit use at 80 F. Also told me to forget using a fan to help.
Thanks for info :-)
Aug 20, 2015 01:36:00 #
singleviking wrote:
Geez, what CPU and graphics chip did you have in it? The old PENTIUMs and AMDs did generate some heat. Normally, just elevating the rear or using one of those USB powered Laptop cooler gizmos does the trick.
Was your internal fan working? Typical problem with many laptops is they get dust and crud in the heat dissipating radiator and need a good cleaning or the fan quits working.
Was your internal fan working? Typical problem with many laptops is they get dust and crud in the heat dissipating radiator and need a good cleaning or the fan quits working.
AMD Turion 64 X2. Don't know about the graphics. HP/Compaq 6715b Had been on for two/three hours. Fan was working. Cleaned last Feb. Perhaps just worn out. :-)
Aug 20, 2015 01:38:33 #
Zonker wrote:
He really has no idea about hardware!
He is a registered Microsoft Engineer? seems to have a good reputation among the ex-pats here in Spain. :-)
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