Its very use full if u hav a lapt0p p.c. . Mst read 10 Ways to Cool Down Your Laptop By AZADEH ENSHA My laptop isn’t happy. How do I know? Its fan has been loudly and frequently telling me so all week long. If you’re in the same hot boat, here are 10 ways to cool your laptop down. FIND A HARD, FLAT SURFACE First things first. Where are you placing your laptop? If it is on a soft surface like yourbed or nestled in between you and a pillow, you’re doing it wrong. Find a hard, flat surface. That’ll help maintain good air flow. The floor is not ideal because it tends to collect dust particles more easily. And contrary to what its name implies, your lap is also not the most optimal place to keep your laptop. Along the same lines, don’t block the vents with decorative stickers or other paraphernalia. Also try to work in a cool room and, whatever you do, don’t place your laptop in direct sunlight or in a car. CLEAN OUT THE DUST BUNNIES One cause of an excessivelyhot laptop is dust. There arevarious ways to address this. The simplest is to purchase a can of compressed air and spray it into the vents in quick, shortbursts. Be sure your machine is powered off and unplugged before doing so. You can also use a cotton swab to clean out any visibledust or suck it out using a computer vacuum. Another option is to open your panels and access your fansdirectly. Just be careful of sensitive components. Opening your laptop’s panel might also void your warranty. Speaking of which,if you have one, get the manufacturer to take a look at your device. And while you’re at it, don’t forget to clean out your heatsink, card slots, CD/DVD drive andother dust-prone areas. BUY A STAND… There are many different kinds of laptop stands. Some, for example, come with fans; others do not. Some have cushions and some don’t. Do your research and get one that serves your needs. My colleagues Stephen Williamsand Sonia Zjawinskihave outlined a few options. …OR MAKE ONE If you’re on a budget or crafty (or both), there’s always the D.I.Y. route. Options run the gamut from using beverage bottle topsto refreezable ice packs to this $8 aluminum variety stand. Books don’t work, but apparently cookie sheetsdo. CHECK AND ADJUST YOUR SETTINGS Make sure your laptop is setup to handle a heavy graphics load. Gamers and movie watchers, this especially applies to you. At the same time, if your software works fine as is, don’t update it unnecessarily. The goal is toreduce your machine’s work load. If your BIOSsettings were recently updated, for example, and your fan starts acting up shortly thereafter, you might try restoring them. Lowering your screen’s brightness, unplugging U.S.B.-powered devices and closing idle apps that are hogging up CPU time will also help cool things down. Last, make sureyour power-management settings are properly activated. MONITOR THE TEMPERATURE You do it to gauge a fever. Same goes for your laptop. SpeedFanis one program that’ll get you going. FAN IT You can set up a standing fan near your laptop to provide it with a cool breeze, but you’d be better off with additional fans and coolers, say, for your graphics card and hard drive. DON’T ASSUME Different laptops have different fans. Yours could be loud by nature so don’t assume that an active fan is indicative of an overheating problem. However, if your laptop starts to freeze or crash frequently, these could be warning signs of animpending meltdown. GIVE IT A REST If you have a desktop and a laptop, divide your time between the two. Don’t sleep/hibernate/shutdown every other minute. If you just logged on to check youre-mail, better to leave your laptop on than to turn it off soon after, especially if you may use it again later that day. Your laptop — and evenmore so a netbook — might not be able to take as much abuse as your desktop,
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 06:18:36 +0000
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