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post #1 of 18
6/27/06 at 3:01pm
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Has anyone tried this? Will it harm my laptop? I got a notebook cooler running as well and just wanted to know if this is safe to do.
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post #2 of 18
6/27/06 at 3:11pm
First of all, why would it not be safe to do? I have had my e1705 running constantly for the past two weeks running Stanford's Folding@Home and it still works just fine. Don't worry about leaving your notebook on since it won't cause any harm at all. Just make sure you have the screen set to shut off after a couple of minutes if you want to prolong its life and keep a check on the temperatures if you are that worried about it.
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post #3 of 18
6/27/06 at 4:37pm
it's safe. you are a little weird to have a notebook cooler though. you don't need one. the laptop will do it's job of cooling itself.

you can leave it on. make sure nothing blocks the vents or intakes.

i leave mine on only to download torrents and i used to leave it on when i folded, i had the fan run all the time to keep it cool.
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post #4 of 18
6/27/06 at 5:55pm
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Originally Posted by Chaka Kahn
it's safe. you are a little weird to have a notebook cooler though. you don't need one. the laptop will do it's job of cooling itself.

you can leave it on. make sure nothing blocks the vents or intakes.

i leave mine on only to download torrents and i used to leave it on when i folded, i had the fan run all the time to keep it cool.
actually it's not weird to have a cooler. many laptops are built w/ insufficient cooling and will throttle down both cpu and gpu to reduce heat. so it completely makes sense to have a cooler.

to the op i have left laptops on for more than a month at a time without issue.
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post #5 of 18
6/27/06 at 5:59pm
No problem to do.
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post #6 of 18
6/27/06 at 6:34pm
Not a problem at all. Actually constantly shuting down and starting your laptop would probably do more harm then just leaving it on if you are using it regularly. The less you start your computer up the less strain is on the hard drive.
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post #7 of 18
6/27/06 at 6:46pm
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Originally Posted by Cacinok
actually it's not weird to have a cooler. many laptops are built w/ insufficient cooling and will throttle down both cpu and gpu to reduce heat. so it completely makes sense to have a cooler.

to the op i have left laptops on for more than a month at a time without issue.

laptops today are more designed to throttle down do to it being left idle.
i very much disagree that laptops today are built with inefficient cooling.
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post #8 of 18
6/27/06 at 7:46pm
One thing you might do is set it to turn the hard disks off when not in use, because THEY wear out, and are often set to idle constantly.

Lets say insufficient cooling. they're very efficient, but the demand can easily outstrip the supply
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post #9 of 18
6/27/06 at 7:54pm
chevy.... if they are build with good enough cooling really depends on the design. for instance my 258KA0 has rather horrific thermal properties (the fact that i have an 82w AMD64 in there doesn't help i suppose). Its so bad that If i game for an hour or so, the plastic area under aoudn around the keypad, especially the left palmrest, is so hot that it actually HURTS to rest my hand on it (thus i have an external keyboard for gaming ... also a cooler!)

i should note though that for non-gaming .. basic office/net tasks the temperature is moderate ~75C
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post #10 of 18
6/27/06 at 8:43pm
wow, so glad i bought a laptop with a mobile chip

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post #11 of 18
6/27/06 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by Cacinok
actually it's not weird to have a cooler. many laptops are built w/ insufficient cooling and will throttle down both cpu and gpu to reduce heat. so it completely makes sense to have a cooler.

to the op i have left laptops on for more than a month at a time without issue.
many laptops? that shows poor design. if it has to throttle down it's clock speed, it would have to exceed, what, 60C or somewhere around that? if the fan doesn't turn on by then to cool it down or it doesn't cool it down before whatever temperature it throttles down, it's a piece of crap.
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post #12 of 18
6/27/06 at 10:04pm
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i got a gateway mx7525 mobile amd athlon 64 proc 4000+ 2.6ghz, 1gb ram if that helps
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post #13 of 18
6/27/06 at 10:22pm
It will not damage your computer. I do it all the time. Everything will be fine.
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post #14 of 18
6/27/06 at 10:23pm
like everybody above said. it cant hurt your computer unless your room is super hot.
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post #15 of 18
6/27/06 at 10:34pm
yea if the room is 150F, screw the laptop, GET OUT! hehe
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post #16 of 18
6/28/06 at 2:40am
just dont block the fans and you'll be fine. I do it all the time when dowloading large files.
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post #17 of 18
6/28/06 at 4:00pm
I have my old laptop setup as a TIVO and I have it running 24/7 without any problems.

Not only that, but after recording anything, I have Beyond TV recompress the saved MPEG-4 to DIVX 6 format which takes about 15 minutes per hour of video.

That encoding stretches the cpu to the max with fans blowing on hurricane level and no problems so far (thank God).

Since the World Cup started I have recorded every match, plus my usual scheduled stuff so the laptop records about 6~8 hours of video on avergae for any given day for the last 3 weeks.

Just keep it open. Rest the back end of the laptop on a book edge or something so that its raised, giving more room for air to circulate from under the laptop and there shouldn't be any problems.
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post #18 of 18
6/28/06 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by Chaka Kahn
many laptops? that shows poor design. if it has to throttle down it's clock speed, it would have to exceed, what, 60C or somewhere around that? if the fan doesn't turn on by then to cool it down or it doesn't cool it down before whatever temperature it throttles down, it's a piece of crap.
read around the boards and you'll see that there are indeed many laptops that simply do not cool sufficiently especially when there is a heavy demand placed on them. i don't know about other brands, but i bought my wife a compaq and it throttles down the turion by default (when power settings are set to laptop) and only brings it back up to speed when you actually start using it. this happens regardless of temp.
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
laptops today are more designed to throttle down do to it being left idle. i very much disagree that laptops today are built with inefficient cooling.
as i stated above read around the boards and you'll see plenty of laptops that get hot to the touch. also if you look at the nvidia 6600 te it will throttle down at a set max temp to prevent overheating. that is partially what i was referring to in my previous post.
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