- Using a laptop because of extreme heat
- Posted by Hans Kamp on August 10th, 2003
The last few days it was extremely hot in my country (the Netherlands),
about 37 degrees.
Until a few days ago I have used my desktop computer, but I noticed that it
produces so much heat that I start to sweat heavily.
I was wondering what it would be, if I used my laptop instead of my desktop
PC. I notice that there is less heat from my laptop than my PC. For me using
the laptop has almost the same comfort and ease than my PC (only it has a
few hardware restriction that can be solved easily now). Celeron is said to
be slow, but there is more RAM in my laptop than in my PC, and on the first
side my laptop seems to be faster.
Is it advisable to use my laptop for hours when it is about 29, almost 30
degrees in my living room (if it is connected to the adapter to guarantee
unlimited power)?
(All degrees mentioned above are degrees Celcius)
Hans Kamp.
- Posted by Olivier on August 10th, 2003
Hans Kamp wrote:
[...]
Read the specifications of your laptop. Mine should'nt be used over 35°C...
Olivier
- Posted by Hans Kamp on August 10th, 2003
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Yes, the wisest thing I could do.
My laptop shouldn't be used when it is warmer than 35 degrees or colder than
10 degrees. (BTW 10 degrees is a uncomfortable temperature to work with a
laptop anyway. 
)
Hans Kamp.
- Posted by Ian Stirling on August 10th, 2003
Hans Kamp <info@hanskamp.com> wrote:
Generally laptops will shut off if they are in danger of damage from heat.
For optimal cooling, stick the laptop on a couple of blocks of wood/books,
so that it's got space for cooling underneath.
And use an external keyboard, as it may get uncomfortably warm.
Alternatively, just point a fan at the back of the open screen.
Enough air will be pushed round the case to keep it cool.
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- Posted by Pavlos the Greek Modeler on August 10th, 2003
Do read your specs but bear in mind that laptops are being used in hotter
countries than the Netherlands.Somehow, I do not think that Toshiba (my
lptp's brand) segmented production to cover Greek clients' necessities, and
in Greece 37 deg.C is quite common in the summer.
Pavlos
Athens, Greece
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- Posted by Peter T. Breuer on August 10th, 2003
Pavlos the Greek Modeler <polziersky@email.com> wrote:
It's 44C here right now (madrid, spain). 50C in other parts of the
country.
I use my TP everywhere, including greek beaches. Just don't take it in
the water and keep it out of direct sunlight. Run it in a cool mode,
not with the cpu at full power!
Peter
- Posted by eMeL on August 10th, 2003
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FWIW: I run a bunch of laptops in Central America (tropics, ambient temperature
90-95F - that's about 32-35 Centigrade) for hours - normal business use - and have
yet to experience a thermal shutdown. IBM ThinkPad A31, A31p, a bunch of old T23,
Fujitsu, etc. all seem to perform great even though both the undersides and power
supplies get very hot. Oh, and it is a very dusty, very humid environment...
Desktops, OTOH, die left and right. Esp. those with the newfangled 7200 RPM drives.
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- Posted by Roland Mösl on August 10th, 2003
A Notebook with a real mobile CPU uses tyicall 20 W with internal TFT
A Desktop 60 W without display.
Add up to 90 W for a large CRT.
The harddisk of my Acer Travelmate is typicall onl 17 Celsius above
room temperature. So at 30 in the room, 47 harddisk.
So this notebook is even suitable for much higher temperatures
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- Posted by MikeTEACHR on August 11th, 2003
Generally laptops will shut off if they are in danger of damage from heat.
For optimal cooling, stick the laptop on a couple of blocks of wood/books,
so that it's got space for cooling underneath.
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The above has saved the life of and extended the life of many a laptop for me.
I have a wood block it sits on; but with a cut-out where the cooling fan
outputs.
I had a laptop where you could judge the temp easily as the fan speed/noise
would change. The wood block calmed it down in minutes.
- Posted by Roland Mösl on August 11th, 2003
What fan noise ?!?
Even at 35 degree Celsius, the fan of my Acer Travelmate 800
comes only at heavy CPU usage.
At normal work, the fan works never.
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- Posted by marlinspike on August 11th, 2003
What is it with you and touting the mobile processors? Everyone knows they
are nicer to use, but not everyone wants to spend that kind of money. What
are you, some kind of Centrino plant?
Richard
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- Posted by Roland Mösl on August 11th, 2003
People spending less money are wasting their money.
I have seen many people who have been tricked by the price
into buying a cheap pseudo "notebook" with desktop CPU.
This people use their pseudo "notebook" very few.
The purchase was just a waste of money
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- Posted by Aquila3264 on August 11th, 2003
Is a laptop heating more (or less) when it is on a docking station,
and then the lcd screen closed as it is connected to an external
monitor?
Regards
Aquila3264
- Posted by eMeL on August 11th, 2003
"Roland Mösl" <founder@pege.org> wrote in message
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I wonder if you ever stop your tirades against everything that you don't consider
kosher...
All CPUs have a target market. Don't like a P4 in a laptop case? Don't buy it...I
have just bought a ThinkPad G with a 3.06 P4 not because I need to use it "as a
laptop" or on a plane (I did on just the other week, incidentally...and it worked
fine, although the unit is big and heavy) but because I need a fast computer which
can be easily and often transported from one place to another, like from one
continent to another, in one piece...
So... Yes, it does get warm (I run it, and many other machines, often in Central
America at 90-95F...all laptops get warm over there, even a TP T40 with a P-M
processor...) and yes it has a lousy battery life (but only a loon would buy that
kind of a machine for its battery time...) but FOR ME, in terms of performance and
functionality it beats the stuffing out of every "Centrino" unit out there...
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- Posted by H. Dziardziel on August 11th, 2003
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:13:51 +0200, Roland Mösl <founder@pege.org>
wrote:
Stopped working at the beach?
- Posted by Roland Mösl on August 12th, 2003
Last year was a new customer at me with a P4 desktop CPU pseudo "notebook"
As he switched his computer on, I screamed to my wife
"Please do not start vacuum cleaning now, I have an important talking here"
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- Posted by Roland Mösl on August 12th, 2003
Why should be somebody so crazy to close the notebook,
to see the picture on an other monitor ?!?
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- Posted by Roland Mösl on August 12th, 2003
No, now every day. Last Sunday, it had about 35 Celsius in the shadow
and I noticed that the fan comes much faster at compiling than normal
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