Comments on: What makes a Computer overheat? http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/11/what-makes-a-computer-overheat/ The Super User Community Blog Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Nick http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/11/what-makes-a-computer-overheat/#comment-360 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:28:51 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3666#comment-360 Also, use HWMonitor to check temperature. More straightforward and friendly than Speedfan: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

]]> By: Nick http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/11/what-makes-a-computer-overheat/#comment-359 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:28:06 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3666#comment-359 “What about a laptop GPU? What is cooling that? As far as I can tell, nothing so far.”

Depends on the laptop. Gaming laptops have a cooling system for the GPU. See this Alienware, for example:

http://208.65.201.198/article.php?aid=309&type=expert&pid=4

And for these laptops, GPU is the main cause of overheating (and emergency turning off), if the air intake is blocked with dust, or you have crazy summer temperatures. CPU and other parts are rarely a problem for these laptops, since these laptops have a better cooling system in general, as you can see on the last picture.

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