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On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 5:43 PM Karl Auer <<a href="mailto:kauer@biplane.com.au" target="_blank">kauer@biplane.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, 2022-05-22 at 10:04 +1000, Phil wrote:<br>
> > My main concern is for the waste of a perfectly good laptop, it only<br>
> > overheats under heavy loads such as watching YouTube videos. I'm<br>
> > assuming that a newer laptop will not overheat but I don't know.<br>
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> Does it actually overheat? It is normal for the fan to come on when a<br>
> CPU is working harder. A correctly functioning laptop in a normal<br>
> office or household situation, literally cannot overheat - the cooling<br>
> system is designed to deal with it running at maximum capacity (though<br>
> not 100% of the time). <br>
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Old laptops... and any laptop.<br>
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I have found that inexpensive cutting boards make a nice FLAT surface that matches<br>
the airflow designs. I have also purchases adhesive feet to increase the space under the laptop.<br>
The feet that work are kitchen cabinet door bumpers. One decade old laptop has a fence to<br>
keep heat from recirculating too much. There are laptop gadgets with vents and even USB powered fans. <br>
I have one that allows USB backup disk storage and use. Extra fans seem wrong.<br>
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