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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Laptop Overheat
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:34:01
Message-Id: m6s7ob$hd8$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Laptop Overheat by Randy Westlund
1 On 2014-12-16, Randy Westlund <rwestlun@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > When I'm compiling something large and close the lid of my laptop (lid
4 > close events disabled) or leave it on the couch where it can't get
5 > proper airflow, it tends to overheat and crash.
6
7 Don't do that. ;)
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9 > If I leave it open and on a table, everything is fine.
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11 [...]
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13 > Any ideas about where I should look?
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15 The CPU heatsink, the fan, and any filters through which air moves.
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18 Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! How's the wife?
19 at Is she at home enjoying
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