How does folding on a laptop ruin it's lifespan?

[babadoctor]

I can't seem to understand how folding on a laptop for any amount of time, whether it be 1 day or 1 week, can cause it to be permanently damaged (not including the battery).So, what do you suppose will happen to a laptop if I fold on it for a prolonged period of time? Will it fail? If it will, why exactly will folding without a battery damage it?

[RadiatingLight]

Check the cooling of the laptop. if the CPU, pegged at 100%, runs very hot, then don't fold. some laptops really aren't built for 100% CPU usage at all times.

if the laptop runs cool enough, I don't really see a problem.

[babadoctor]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

Check the cooling of the laptop. if the CPU, pegged at 100%, runs very hot, then don't fold. some laptops really aren't built for 100% CPU usage at all times.

if the laptop runs cool enough, I don't really see a problem.

Then how does 100% CPU usage damage a laptop, if there are no heating problems?

[courtiousdoge]

9 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

I can't seem to understand how folding on a laptop for any amount of time, whether it be 1 day or 1 week, can cause it to be permanently damaged (not including the battery).So, what do you suppose will happen to a laptop if I fold on it for a prolonged period of time? Will it fail? If it will, why exactly will folding without a battery damage it?

see most laptops dont have great cooling capabilities and theyre cooling capabilities are only ment for the time its battery will last ie 4 for example and if it goes for more than four hours especially on load the heat will not be able to be cooled permantly damaging your cpu and gpu same reason why you do not want to overclock a pc before folding and most laptops have terrible cooling systems and underclocked cpus and gpus also please specify what laptop you have

[JerrBear]

What kind of laptop? One similar to a yoga where it can rotate almost 360^o? If you continuously move the hinges aggressively, I could see how that would damage it however I fail to see how normal use would be damaging. Laptops are designed to be somewhat to very mobile, unless you have a very old laptop I wouldn't worry about it.

 

Edit: I just realized you meant if your computer is on and under load...

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, courtiousdoge said:

see most laptops dont have great cooling capabilities and theyre cooling capabilities are only ment for the time its battery will last ie 4 for example and if it goes for more than four hours especially on load the heat will not be able to be cooled permantly damaging your cpu and gpu same reason why you do not want to overclock a pc before folding most laptops have terrible cooling systems at nd underclocked cpu and gpus also please specify what laptop you have

Lets say, on a dell XPS 13

[courtiousdoge]

1 minute ago, babadoctor said:

mac

which mac?air or pro?
 

 

 

[RadiatingLight]

2 minutes ago, JerrBear said:

What kind of laptop? One similar to a yoga where it can rotate almost 360^o? If you continuously move the hinges aggressively, I could see how that would damage it however I fail to see how normal use would be damaging. Laptops are designed to be somewhat to very mobile, unless you have a very old laptop I wouldn't worry about it.

ha, ha

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, courtiousdoge said:

which mac?air or pro?
 

 

 

Sorry, I changed the example

[JerrBear]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

ha, ha

just realized he meant if the computer is running ;p

[Levent]

6 years back, I started using BOINC on my laptop, after a year of BOINC I killed the GPU which was the endgame for that one. (FYI it had AMD HD4XXX series gpu not sure which one though)

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, Levent said:

6 years back, I started using BOINC on my laptop, after a year of BOINC I killed the GPU which was the endgame for that one. (FYI it had AMD HD4XXX series gpu not sure which one though)

Wow.

I still have NO idea why it just completely destroys laptops...

[Levent]

2 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

Wow.

I still have NO idea why it just completely destroys laptops...

in my case one of the VRMs were done.

[courtiousdoge]

 

1 minute ago, babadoctor said:

Wow.

I still have NO idea why it just completely destroys laptops...

first of all look at my previous post for the answer and secondly you cant do shit with a mac it has passive cooling and cant even stay cool for the duration it has batter life(Which btw is lower than the iq you need to buy one) and the pro has extremely tiny fans and most macs have a igpu and terribly underclocked cpus that are beaten by mobile phones 

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

Wow.

I still have NO idea why it just completely destroys laptops...

The hotter the components the shorter the life time. Laptops run hot. 

[babadoctor]

1 minute ago, courtiousdoge said:

 

first of all look at my previous post for the answer and secondly you cant do shit with a mac it has passive cooling and cant even stay cool for the duration it has batter life(Which btw is lower than the iq you need to buy one) and the pro has extremely tiny fans and most macs have a igpu and terribly underclocked cpus that are beaten by mobile phones 

Half of your statement is incorrect.

And I was not even talking about a mac.

"the pro has extremely tiny fans and most macs have a igpu and terribly underclocked cpus that are beaten by mobile phones "

What do you mean by "cpus that are beaten by mobile phones" ? Was that a typo? There exists no such phone less expensive than a mac that is more powerful than a macbook pro from the recent years.

[courtiousdoge]

1 minute ago, babadoctor said:

Half of your statement is incorrect.

And I was not even talking about a mac.

"the pro has extremely tiny fans and most macs have a igpu and terribly underclocked cpus that are beaten by mobile phones "

What do you mean by "cpus that are beaten by mobile phones" ? Was that a typo? There exists no such phone less expensive than a mac that is more powerful than a macbook pro from the recent years.

not a macbook pro a macbook air lol 

[babadoctor]

Just now, courtiousdoge said:

not a macbook pro a macbook air lol 

Still, incorrect.

A macbook air still is more powerful than any phone less expensive than it.

If you are talking about the macbook air with butterfly switches, then you are probably correct.

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, courtiousdoge said:

not a macbook pro a macbook air lol 

Not even. only the MacBook with one USB-C port has a core M which really sucks. other than that the macs are at least more powerful than phones

[Froody129]

34 minutes ago, JerrBear said:

What kind of laptop? One similar to a yoga where it can rotate almost 360^o? If you continuously move the hinges aggressively, I could see how that would damage it however I fail to see how normal use would be damaging. Laptops are designed to be somewhat to very mobile, unless you have a very old laptop I wouldn't worry about it.

 

Edit: I just realized you meant if your computer is on and under load...

Ahahaha I lol'd

[Jamtoad]

laptop = bad cooling

 

folding = 100% usage for long periods

 

100% usage = high temps

 

high temps = faster wear on components

 

faster wear on components = rip 

 

rip = cry

 

cry = being a little bitch

 

being a little bitch = single

 

single = more money

 

more money = more laptops to fold with

 

more laptops to fold with = ??? 

 

 

[Xsilent(X)]

Folding with a laptop will destroy your battery at first then the temps are going to be hotter if not maintained then internal components will be weaker. so don't do it.

[Geralt]

I've been running the chrome version of folding on my laptop whenever I'm at school for a bit over a year now. My laptop's still going strong but I only do it when I'm in school because my school likes to run the AC at 16C or something. Besides I use the exhaust of the laptop to warm my fingers.

 

Edit: I might have just necroed the thread. Crap. >.<

[babadoctor]

On 1/15/2017 at 4:58 PM, Geralt said:

I've been running the chrome version of folding on my laptop whenever I'm at school for a bit over a year now. My laptop's still going strong but I only do it when I'm in school because my school likes to run the AC at 16C or something. Besides I use the exhaust of the laptop to warm my fingers.

 

Edit: I might have just necroed the thread. Crap. >.<

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