Is your laptop overheating?

Mar 10, 2008

Laptops overheat very fast due to confined space and lack of proper ventilation. The hardware of your laptop is such that it often generates lots of heat and this heat has to escape from your ventilators. If you feel that you laptop is very hot or your laptop fan has to work overtime to keep it cool then perhaps it is high time you checked if your ventilation is clear.

It is very easy to locate on your laptop from where the hot air exits your laptop. Check if there is lots of dust there. Clean the dust with a cloth or keyboard cleaner; it should be easy to clean the dust. If you are not averse to the idea of opening up your laptop you can easily remove the case and clean the ventilation from inside but then this may become an adventurous task if you cannot make out how to put things back.

Just as the air goes out it also comes in from somewhere; find that place — it is often termed as inhalation vent. Cover it with a thin cloth to prevent future dust buildup.

If this doesn’t stop your laptop from being overheated then you should probably restore the BIOS setting because it is a your BIOS setting that efficiently manages the hardware resources. You can probably get the BIOS file from your vendor.

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