{"id":2246,"date":"2010-01-11T07:16:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T11:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2010-01-11T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T11:16:50","slug":"are-you-frying-an-egg-or-cooling-your-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/are-you-frying-an-egg-or-cooling-your-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you Frying an Egg, or cooling your laptop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a general guideline, these temperatures are really the maximum I would consider safe for a laptop&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0-104F (40C) = Cold.<\/li>\n<li>122F &#8211; 158F [50-70C] = Typical-ish use, still safe.<\/li>\n<li>159F &#8211; 185F [70-85C] = Heavy use, consider moving to flat surface, elevating, or cooling it.<\/li>\n<li>185F+ [85]+ = Hot!  Go take a break.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you laptop (or desktop) is running hotter than that, then double check to see if there is dust buildup in the cooling system. \u00c2\u00a0Is there anything around the air inlet&#8217;s that would be blocking them? \u00c2\u00a0Shag carpet? \u00c2\u00a0Fluffy lap blanket? etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Long answer: the highest temperature the internals can handle depends on the manufacturer and model. Unless you feel like opening the laptop up, your best bet is to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find the CPU model by looking at the System Information screen or via System Information.<\/li>\n<li>Google for the datasheet. For instance, if it&#8217;s a P8700, you would google for {P8700 datasheet}.<\/li>\n<li>Download and open the datasheet. Look for a section named something like &#8220;Maximum Ratings&#8221;; this section will have either a maximum storage temperature or a maximum running temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alternately, you can try finding it in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardwaresecrets.com\/article\/143\/5\">this list<\/a>, but it&#8217;s a bit out of date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a general guideline, these temperatures are really the maximum I would consider safe for a laptop&#8230; 0-104F (40C) = Cold. 122F &#8211; 158F [50-70C] = Typical-ish use, still safe. 159F &#8211; 185F [70-85C] = Heavy use, consider moving to flat surface, elevating, or cooling it. 185F+ [85]+ = Hot! Go take a break. If <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/are-you-frying-an-egg-or-cooling-your-laptop\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[12,23,5,25,11],"tags":[121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->