Hi all, this one has got me really confused, I'm hoping you can help.
I bought a brand new HP notebook a couple weeks back; Win8, AMD dual core processor, 4 gm ram. I downloaded a Wild Tangent/HP racing game from the official site (no viruses)....about 30 minutes into the game, it suddenly blue-screened on me with no warning. After rebooting it, it was fine...nevertheless, I took it back and traded it for a Gateway notebook; Win 8, Pentium dual core, 4 gb ram. Downloaded/played the same game, and about 20 minutes into it I got a washed out display, and then it completely shut down on me. But this time I noticed that there was HOT air coming out of the side vent, like the processor was really cooking. Again, rebooted fine.
My question; I have never had a laptop or notebook computer before; are there some programs that will run 'em hot enough to actually trip the cpu protection? These are both brand new machines....I ran 'em on a flat table with no vent obstructions, no obvious reason for them to overheat....is this normal?
Thanks for any help you can give.
I bought a brand new HP notebook a couple weeks back; Win8, AMD dual core processor, 4 gm ram. I downloaded a Wild Tangent/HP racing game from the official site (no viruses)....about 30 minutes into the game, it suddenly blue-screened on me with no warning. After rebooting it, it was fine...nevertheless, I took it back and traded it for a Gateway notebook; Win 8, Pentium dual core, 4 gb ram. Downloaded/played the same game, and about 20 minutes into it I got a washed out display, and then it completely shut down on me. But this time I noticed that there was HOT air coming out of the side vent, like the processor was really cooking. Again, rebooted fine.
My question; I have never had a laptop or notebook computer before; are there some programs that will run 'em hot enough to actually trip the cpu protection? These are both brand new machines....I ran 'em on a flat table with no vent obstructions, no obvious reason for them to overheat....is this normal?
Thanks for any help you can give.