Wanted: Intercooler for my laptop.

[KaalVoet]

So a few months ago, lightroom started to shut down my pc. Impossible right, software isn`t supposed to be able to shut down your whole computer. But, hey it was doing it. So after asking my techie friends (googling) it seems that the thing is overheating. What the hell. It`s less than a year old. When things start to overheat, there is a problem, isn`t there, and something is about to break ?? (shudder). It doesn`t shut down when i do anything else, just lightroom so i downloaded some Core Temp checker and as soon as it spikes over ninety, it goes off.

How do I cool it down so I can bloody work on my photo`s, and more importantly, how long have i got untill it dies completely ?????:wtf:

 

[Archer]

Regular desktop PC?
Open it up, look at your heatsinks. Likely you have some (dust) bunnies running around. Get rid of all that dirt and dust and you'll be good to go again

 

[KaalVoet]

Laptop, it`s a Samsung, don`t ask me what, it`s red and it was expensive. How do i clean a laptop inside ?

 

[ponder]

How do i clean a laptop inside ?

Jy maak hom oop me 'n skroewedraaier, kyk vir a service manual op die internet

 

[Archer]

Gah, sorry, got confused by you calling it a PC in thread, and laptop in title...

Anyway, get some canned air, and blow it through the vents on the laptop. You have to be a little careful though - do not just dump all the air at once. You might make the fan inside your laptop spin too fast, and break it. You cuold also just try blowing into the vent yourself, but I'm always wary of that because you might unwittingly get some spit in there too

@ponder, some laptops you really have to take just about everything off to get to the heatsinks. You'll probably break something else in the process of trying to clean it that way

 

[KaalVoet]

I think I need the A-Team. Will try that thanks Archer.

Ponder kom kuier dan wys ek jou hoe lyk die goed wat ek met skroewedraaiers bykom, ek soek nie my laptop op dai hoop nie !!

 

[ponder]

Ponder kom kuier dan wys ek jou hoe lyk die goed wat ek met skroewedraaiers bykom, ek soek nie my laptop op dai hoop nie !!

 

[Pada]

Intercooler for the laptop? Is that something that injects cool air into the CPU to make it go faster?

Cleaning the fan and heatsink every now and then might fix your issue. Just be careful with those compressed air canisters. I would suggest that you stick in a screw driver or another pin to prevent the fan from spinning when you use compressed air or a vacuum cleaner to clean it. An air blower would clean it much better than a vacuum cleaner.

Some laptops don't come with sufficient cooling, so you'll actually need a laptop cooling pad if you're going to stress both the CPU and GPU to 100% for longer than a few seconds.