Laptop Temperatures

[Ophidio]

Just curious, but what are safe temperatures for a laptop? According to HWMonitor my laptop is running at 90 degrees celsius and I feel like that is really unsafe but then again I'm not really sure what a safe laptop temperature really is. Should I be concerned if it's that hot? Would it be a wise investment for me to get a laptop cooling pad at this point to make sure I don't melt my computer or myself?

[Joshndroid]

my laptop easily gets to this temp when under heavy load. Just try to keep the fan input areas as free as possible or maybe invest in a notebook cooler or something when sitting on a desk (yes i know raising it a tad can also help temps).

[Ophidio]

my laptop easily gets to this temp when under heavy load. Just try to keep the fan input areas as free as possible or maybe invest in a notebook cooler or something when sitting on a desk (yes i know raising it a tad can also help temps).

My laptop wasn't even under a heavy load, all I had open was google chrome and it was running at that temperatures... the display was even turned off because I wasn't really using it when i noticed it was getting hot. 

[trag1c]

I would say most laptops get that hot since they have very little if any cooling.

[W-L]

Just curious, but what are safe temperatures for a laptop? According to HWMonitor my laptop is running at 90 degrees celsius and I feel like that is really unsafe but then again I'm not really sure what a safe laptop temperature really is. Should I be concerned if it's that hot? Would it be a wise investment for me to get a laptop cooling pad at this point to make sure I don't melt my computer or myself?

 

It will thermal throttle if it hits 85-90C so it won't kill itself to say, but at 90C check to see if it needs a cleaning or reapplication of thermal paste.

 

I have a laptop that will automatically thermal throttle if you put more than 80% load on the cores due to some poor ventilation designs.

[Ophidio]

It will thermal throttle if it hits 85-90C so it won't kill itself to say, but at 90C check to see if it needs a cleaning or reapplication of thermal paste.

 

I have a laptop that will automatically thermal throttle if you put more than 80% load on the cores due to some poor ventilation designs.

Okay cool, I'll have to do that and I guess it doesn't help that my laptop is an Ultrabook. Macbooks are fat compared to my laptop... 

[Joshndroid]

My laptop wasn't even under a heavy load, all I had open was google chrome and it was running at that temperatures... the display was even turned off because I wasn't really using it when i noticed it was getting hot. 

Ah okay, you didn't qualify that in the first post.

 

That is a little hotter than i would like to see. Have you thought about maybe giving the inside a good clean and de-dust the inside of the laptop? Potentially, depending on the age of your laptop maybe it could do with a re-application of thermal paste to the cpu and heatsink as well while you have it open

 

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beat me to it

[berserker]

Okay cool, I'll have to do that and I guess it doesn't help that my laptop is an Ultrabook. Macbooks are fat compared to my laptop... 

you should read my topic on this hehe

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/350434-get-rekt-dust/