Heat

Hi, I have an Asus P355M laptop, a few days ago it just wouldn’t switch on. I’ve plugged it to the power outlet with the battery intact, and tried it after disconnecting the internal battery as well, it still doesn’t power on. The power plug seems to be working as there’s a blue light. A few...

I recently bought an Acer Nitro 5 and I find the hdd temperatures unusual. When I'm watching any 1080p content on VLC the HDD temp is 39-40°C but during any other task or even idle it is 45-46°C. What should I do? *I don't have any ssd, just a 1TB HDD.

Recently my HP ProBook 6555b just turned of with a black screen. Due to the backlight still working, I thought, it might be a motherboard-failure. So I bought a cheap replacement-board from E-Bay and replaced it. And the ProBook started as normal. But now, the CPU is getting overloaded very...

hi , it started after windows 10 got installed (upgraded itself without asking me), after 4 months that i worked on it only with charger connected (cause it wont work without power), yesterday the cpu got too hot 90degrees, i decided to open it, cleaned it,added new thermal paste now its about...

I bought the new Asus Zenbook UX433 ultrabook. After few days of operation, I noticed it started to make these strange pulse noised, in a sporadic way. sometimes it would be heard every 30-40 seconds, and sometimes not heard at all: https://imgur.com/gallery/TuiODlx (turn up the sound and...

Since most graphics cards are using open air coolers, as they prove to be more effective at dissipating heat, why are there no laptops (that I can find) that use this design in cooling? I know this seems like a silly question, but I'm just curious because laptops are getter more...

Hello, i have a gaming laptop with an i7-6700HQ that usually ends up getting quite hot while playing some heavy games such as witcher 3 and the battlefield series, and recently i started to have a problem that causes my W key membrane to get "stuck" in its pressing state due to the excess heat...

I've got a laptop with a docking station, a bit of a bargain since it's a Probook G1 which has most of the components easily accessible. However, I've got two questions relating to heat: 1) If I use it in the docking station, with the lid closed, is this okay? I'm planning on using it closed...

Is anybody experiencing heat issue in asus rog scar edition with 17.3" screen,16gb DDR4 ram i7-8750 processor gtx1060 6gb Gpu and 120hz fresh rate And if yes then what is the solution ?

I have a gigabyte P57 gaming laptop that used to run 35-40 degrees when idle and 80-90deg GPU (around 85 CPU) under load (games like BF1, Fallout76 , Battlefront 2 and PUBG in ultra settings at good FPS). I overclock it through a gigabyte program that came with the PC. Like 2 days ago I...

Hello! I recently bought a new laptop for gaming, the ASUS FX503VM-DM042T 15.6 GTX 1060: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0765CBZZJ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new My question is about the heat levels. I tried playing Tera and the temp easily goes up to ~87 on the CPU. And im...

I'm about to buy a RX 580 Sapphire Nitro. Some of my friends are saying that it has heat issues. I'm not thinking about overclocking it and also will use the stock fans. So is there really a problem of heat in RX 580?

I bought a laptop with this spec: i3 3217u 1,8ghz Geforce 740m 2gb Ram 2x4gb When i use it for gaming like Gta V, Fortnite, AC Liberation, my laptop get very hot with gpu 85 degree and cpu 91 degree. And usage: gpu 50% cpu 100% ram usage only 4gb at gta v and 2gb ac liberation When i see a...

I have a Macbook Pro 15" mid-2010 that's always been pretty warm. I just upgraded to an SSD, more RAM, and a new battery, and it got even hotter than ever within minutes. Is this normal?

Obligatory "I'm a newbie to laptops". Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the topic. Model: Dell G3 17" i5 8300h, gtx 1060 maxQ, 2 days old So after finding out that this model's cooling solution wasn't the best, hence the high GPU and CPU temps that hover anywhere from 72-85 degree celcius...

Hi, I'm using Compaq presario series laptop. Using it for more than 8 years, but using it for long time my laptop started to heat up and system started to reboot. Specs: Windows 7 ultimate 32 bit Ram 2gb Board Intel core i3 Desperately needed a solution. Thanks in advance, solution to this...

I am looking at two laptops(1366x768 vs 1920x1080) ... they both come with Intel iGPU....I am not doing any graphical intensive work...Just math software and some programming... Am i right to think that the 1920x1080 one generates considerably more heat and has worse battery performance ? or...

Hello! I have a new laptop, MSI GP63 Leopard, GTX 1070, 16GB RAM, i7-8750H. I'm kinda worried about the CPU and GPU temperatures, and not sure if it's normal or not. Using the MSI Dragon Center app, or the Open Hardware Monitor, at idle CPU runs at 55-60C (for some reason none of these tools...

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So we can all agree that heat can be bad for our gadgets. If a laptop is too hot then BOOM. It's a goner. Okay, my image might be exaggerating. Either way, we don't want to see our valuables fail because of poor ventilation or overheating. How do you handle heating in your laptops? Do you...