With the development of digital world, usage of laptop are increased over the years. When you use this device for long time without break for entertainment, browsing in the internet and communication. you will notice the slow down of the system and over heating of the device. This overheating will cause the system to damage. In these article i will discuss some of the Laptop over heating issues and their fixes.
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Signs to find out Overheating of Your Device:
- To perform the basic tasks your laptop takes longer time then usual.
- While using the laptop it automatically shutdown and fails to start even after few minutes.
- You can experience a freeze of your programs and applications.
- Its input devices like keyboard and mouse are will not responded properly.
- loud noise is coming from the device fans.
Causes of Overheating :
- The main cause to overheat your device is obstruction of ventilation ports. When you use your laptop on smooth surfaces like sofa or bed, it prevents the proper air flow to the ports, that leads to overheating.
- Running large number of applications on the screen at once will increase the burden of system. Which cause system to overheat.
- When cooling pads became old, it became less efficient. Which cause system to overheat.
Fixes for Overheating problems :
Remove the dust to improve the airflow of your system:
- The first thing you need to check when your system is overheating, If there is any dust or debris was covered in air vents and cooling system. When it is covered with dust then you need the clean the fans carefully with smooth brush. while cleaning make sure that no damage should done to other components of the system. These process will reduce your over heating problem.
Position Your Laptop on hard and flat surfaces :
- If you place your laptop on a smooth surfaces like bed or couch and start working, it results to the overheating of the system. Because it prevents the airflow. To prevent these from happening always try to place your laptop on flat and hard surfaces to make sure that air vents are not covered.
Use cooling pads :
- This cooling pads helps you to cool your laptop components when they are overheating. Even though your system has inbuilt cooling pads , this pads helps your laptop to stay cool all the time. This pads help you to reduce the temperature of the components from bottom of the laptop. There are lot more pads available in the market , purchase the best pad that suits your laptop.
Wear and Tear :
- Laptop is a device which is made up of several components. These components cause the overheating problem if they are damaged. If your laptop is overheating make sure that all the components are good enough. Inspect the components like charger, adapter and other ports of computer, if they are damaged replace them to fix the issues.
Thermal paste :
- Thermal paste is a heat conductivity material coated on CPU and GPU which helps the system to keep cool. When your laptop getting old or when you use the system in hot conditions thermal paste will get thicker and cause the system to overheat. To fix these issues you need to apply thermal paste again.
Conclusion :
In this article i listed out the varies types of Overheating issues and their fixes. So once you identify the issues of overheating you can easily solve the problem and save your system from damage and you can increase the performance of your system by using these tips.
