Overheating

kaixi · 07-02-2009, 06:44 PM

Hey so i have a similar problem and its definately a heat problem [the top of the laptop gets super hot when its about to over heat... well it gradually gets super hot... anyway I have been removing the bottom protective panel because i have an external fan already and honestly... ive hooked it up with a freakin 12v power cord [usb doesnt push any air] and its a small hurricane but my computer still runs very hot... this is why i remove the bottom protective panel which exposes the motherboard and copper heat sinks? [that might not be the right word but the copper rods that absorb the heat or so i assume because they are super hot]. anyway is this bad for my laptop? I would have posted my own question but this is a very similar thread.

I forgot to mention my laptops temps but the GPU is ~65 on powersaver when the panel is on and while its in powersaver running nothing too strenuous [if i go into high perf. its alot higher and will eventually overheat if im running anything intense].

kaixi · 07-02-2009, 07:36 PM

sorry i cant find the edit button anymore >_>

tl;dr
Is it ok to remove protective panel from laptop for an extended period of time? assuming i dont drop/scratch it does the panel guard against anything like electric static that i should be worried about?

**TriggerFinger** · 07-02-2009, 09:07 PM

Try reapplying thermal compound on CPU (and depending on laptop... on the GPU).

07-02-2009, 06:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
kaixi Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: vista	Overheating Hey so i have a similar problem and its definately a heat problem [the top of the laptop gets super hot when its about to over heat... well it gradually gets super hot... anyway I have been removing the bottom protective panel because i have an external fan already and honestly... ive hooked it up with a freakin 12v power cord [usb doesnt push any air] and its a small hurricane but my computer still runs very hot... this is why i remove the bottom protective panel which exposes the motherboard and copper heat sinks? [that might not be the right word but the copper rods that absorb the heat or so i assume because they are super hot]. anyway is this bad for my laptop? I would have posted my own question but this is a very similar thread. I forgot to mention my laptops temps but the GPU is ~65 on powersaver when the panel is on and while its in powersaver running nothing too strenuous [if i go into high perf. its alot higher and will eventually overheat if im running anything intense]. Last edited by kaixi; 07-02-2009 at 06:50 PM.

07-02-2009, 07:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
kaixi Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: vista	Re: Overheating sorry i cant find the edit button anymore >_> tl;dr Is it ok to remove protective panel from laptop for an extended period of time? assuming i dont drop/scratch it does the panel guard against anything like electric static that i should be worried about?

07-02-2009, 09:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Overheating Try reapplying thermal compound on CPU (and depending on laptop... on the GPU). __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE