Laptop into desktop

[VitorL]

Hi, so i have a Toshiba qosmio x70-a laptop, but it has a problem like all laptops, overheating...

I was thinking in turning this laptop into a desktop, but im not sure if this is the best ideia.

I've never done something like this and i dont want to ruin it

Any advice on how to turn it into a desktop or ideias ?

[don_svetlio]

all laptops? No, not really. Only Acer/Toshiba/Razer have that. The others are mostly fine.

As for your question, why do you insist on breaking it? Clean it, get a cooling pad and hope that works. If it doesn't, sell it and get a real laptop

[z123killer]

What do you mean by turning it into a desktop

[RUWO_builder]

If you just want to solve cooling issues ,buy a Dock with fans in it

[VitorL]

@z123killer like this

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, VitorL said:

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That thing is a bad idea.

[RUWO_builder]

If you do That because you like the project,go for it.

it is just a lot of work when you can actieve the same using a cooling Dock 

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, RUWO_builder said:

If you do That because you like the project,go for it.

it is just a lot of work when you can actieve the same using a cooling Dock 

It also won't change anything if the cooling solution is not good enough to handle the components

[RUWO_builder]

You could also house somthing like this 

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, RUWO_builder said:

You could also house somthing like this 

 

Those are useless. Trust me, Buying Arctic Silver V and cleaning the laptop gives better results than that POS

[WkdPaul]

2 hours ago, don_svetlio said:

That thing is a bad idea.

Haven't watched the video but turning old laptops into "desktop" isn't a new idea, or a bad idea. It gives a "second" life to a piece of tech that would've likely went to the garbage.

 

2 hours ago, VitorL said:

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Like @don_svetlio said, try cleaning out the laptop first, dismantle it, clean the heatsinks, put new thermal paste (a good one, not the cheap $2 generic stuff) and get a cooling pad.

 

You could also try underclocking and undervolting it a little, the performance hit will be minimal but it will help with keeping the heat down.

[cleb]

I would only recommend something like that as a tinker sort of project than a solution. You're best bet is to try to clean it out or buy a new one then try something like that if you're REALLY curious

[Mira Yurizaki]

Get some air duster into those vents and change out the thermal paste. But even then, it's not uncommon for laptops depending on when they were from to sit at 40-50C idle and work up to 90C. It's only when they actually shut down due to overheating is when you have a problem. If it's really hot but still going, you don't have a problem (well, sort of)

[WkdPaul]

5 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

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Actually, the Toshiba Qosmio are known to be overheating POS laptops (mostly it's the x70, x75, x870 and x875) ... I personally wouldn't recommend them, even to my worst enemy!

 

That's why I proposed underclocking and undervolting it. Sadly, in the long run that thing will always overheat.

[vorticalbox]

if you're turning it into anything a wall mounted set up would be the best idea.

 

 

[LordMastodon]

The laptop to desktop is almost 100% guaranteed to not work, and the fact that you saw someone on YouTube do it means exactly nothing. Honestly, if it's overheating, all I can tell you is to buy a different laptop or buy a desktop. The odds of you not ruining the laptop by turning it into desktop are much lower than vice versa, and if you do ruin it, you will have to buy a new one anyway. Not to mention, if you DO turn it into a desktop, you now have to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse. You have to buy a case, you have to do heavy modding to the case in order to fit whatever custom motherboard is in your laptop. I/O is all kinds of challenging, and even if you don't screw all that up, you still can't put in a graphics card, and you're stuck with whatever crappy stock cooler was already on your CPU because custom laptop shapes and sizes have different requirements and so they all have different mounts for coolers. There's about 3-4 if you're particularly lucky) things you can upgrade on a laptop: RAM, hard drive, thermal compound, and on most of the laptops I've encountered you can switch the CPU but that's probably not present on all of them. If you own an Apple laptop, you're essentially screwed. This is in contrast to desktops, where literally ever component is upgradable as long as you don't buy a low-end prebuilt. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Actually, the Toshiba Qosmio are known to be overheating POS laptops (mostly it's the x70, x75, x870 and x875) ... I personally wouldn't recommend them, even to my worst enemy!

 

That's why I proposed underclocking and undervolting it. Sadly, in the long run that thing will always overheat.

I don't even think that's possible since those options usually aren't available in an OEM's BIOS

[GarnetDevil]

There's no black magic in this world that can turn a laptop into a desktop

If it's overheating look for a good laptop cooler, also avoid gaming for too long, laptop parts aren't as resilient as desktop parts

[vanished]

moved to modding section.  Let us know if you manage to turn your laptop into a desktop

[WkdPaul]

42 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I don't even think that's possible since those options usually aren't available in an OEM's BIOS

Both Toshiba Qosmio X70 and x75 can be undervolted though Intel XTU.

[z123killer]

13 hours ago, VitorL said:

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I would recommend just to disassemble the laptop and clean out it's fans, reapply thermal paste, buy a cooling pad and/or This. I have an old HP G62 and it used to overheat a lot and the problem was solved by doing what I described above.