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How To Prevent Your Laptop From Overheating?

Laptop computers are becoming increasingly popular. So for every user is good to know some things about them. One of the most common problem of laptops is overheating. Laptops are unfortunately prone to overheating. Unlike desktop PCs which have all components in one »big« box with prity good air movement system, a laptop's hardware components are all in close proximity to each other with little room for air movement. Therefore, I will here share some tips, how to cool down and prevent from overheating of your laptop.

5 top tips to make your laptop cooler:
- Use a laptop cooling pad (with fans and vents)
- Shut down your laptop, when you not use it
- Adjust power settings
- Use dust remover spray to clean laptop's vents
- Keep the space around your laptop as comfortably cool as possible

Laptop Cooling Accessories

Using laptop Cooling Pads, lapdesk and other cooling laptop accessories is not only good for your laptop, because of reduces the heat but also give you comfort for work with it. Using Lapdesk and laptop cooling pads with vents helps hot air to exit and let the cooler air circulate and thus reduce the possibility of overheating and your computer work smoother. With using Cooling Pads and Lapdesk with fans you can speeds up process of the airflow and thereby prevent overheating of your laptop. Of course, more fans your Lapdesk or Cooling Pad have, more circulating air will protect your laptop from overheating.

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Adjusting Power Settings or Shut Down Your Laptop

Adjusting Power Settings can be very important step to avoid of overheating of your laptop. With ajusting settings from »high performance« to a »balanced« or even »power saver« plan you order the system of your laptop to use only the power that is required to run your applications, instead of using maximum processor speed.
If you run more complex applications like playing a game or other more intensive work you can switch the settings back to "high performance" plan.

Shut Down your laptop, when you not use it especially when you go out and leave your Laptop at home. Laptops are unfortunately prone to overheating because they don't have enough space between the components to let the air cooling your hardware. So every time you go uot, be sure that you turn off your Laptop. The last thing you want is that your laptop is a fire hazard.

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Dust Remover Spray and Comfortably Cool Workplace

Using Dust Remover Spray to clean and remove the dust out of the laptop's vents. Because of the electrostatics inside of your laptop, the dust stick on hardware inside of your laptop and block the circulation of the air. Due to poor air flow, hardware starts to overheating and this can cause the damage. This problem you can easily solved with a can of compressed gas. You just turn off your laptop and spray the vent to remove the dust. Before you spray the vents, you can also remove the battery from your laptop.

Keeping the space around your laptop working area as comfortably cool as possible is the key to prevent any overheating problems. Just like most people, computers work much better in air conditioned environments. If is in room that you work with your laptop pleasantly cooled, and your work area is without any obstacles that blocks circulation the cool air around your laptop, then you can enjoy in work without any worries.

Keep Your Laptop Cool

If you have problem with overheating of your laptop, try to solve this problem with one of those tips. If overheating is continue contact your laptop vendor, maybe is time to replace the fan. You can also update a BIOS program.

How can you check the temperature of your laptop?
You can find several FREE Monitoring Programs to check the temperature of your laptop. Some of them can manually or automatically adjust the speed of fans inside your laptop for best performance.

Below you can find links to FREE download Monitoring Programs!

SpeedFan Download!

Real Temp Download!

Please share with us your experience about cooling your laptop!

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Stickypony May 23, 2012 @ 5:50 pm | delete

thanks for the advice

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TeamSTM May 23, 2012 @ 3:05 pm | delete

My Uncle has a Laptop Fan and He Swears by it, so far it keeps his Laptop from Turning Off when he doesn't want it to! ;)

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shreeve21 May 22, 2012 @ 5:05 pm | delete

I could have used your lens last summer when my own laptop got overheated!

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shreeve21 May 22, 2012 @ 5:04 pm | delete

I could have used your lens last summer when my own laptop got overheated!

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TheTravelGal May 21, 2012 @ 2:37 am | delete

areal good option, some of the newer model do manage to keep incredibly cool though.

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BLemley May 17, 2012 @ 3:08 pm | delete

They can get hot! We have a lap cooler thing. Cool tips! B : )

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Wedding_Mom Apr 10, 2012 @ 12:44 am | delete

Great lens.

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Pastiche Mar 24, 2012 @ 10:16 am | delete

I am always concerned the "canned air" will damage the machine if I spray the vents. I have used a tiny vacuum cleaner and I elevate my laptop with a small strip of wood when it's on my desk. I do, also, shut it down when I'm not using it. Good tips for keeping a cool laptop.

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xanthoria24 Mar 14, 2012 @ 8:32 pm | delete

I don't know why I didn't think of using dust removal spray before. I have some cans of "air" (diflouroethane), but I'd be worried that that might damage the computer. The fans on my laptop cooling stand recently stopped working, so I need to find ways to keep it from overheating.

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skiesgreen Mar 14, 2012 @ 8:16 pm | delete

Wonderful tips here. I am aware of the heat generated by my laptop and usually turn it to hibernate when not using. Blessed and featured on Blessed by Skiesgreen 2012 and also on Computers and Accessories - Quiz. Hugs
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