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Laptops used as Desktops
NaRu:
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--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 22, 2011, 06:18:13 AM ---oh! that reminds me, avoid playing a laptop on top of a soft platform like bed, pillow, etc. they tend to block the vents!
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You would of think thats common sense but my ex girlfriend fried her dell because she left it on her bed and fell asleep. (the laptop ended up under the covers...) She came up to me and ask me to fix it. I took out the HDD and ram. Then I threw the laptop in the garbage and told her you need to buy a new one. She didn't like my answer
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Don't they auto-shutoff at some point?
As an experiment to make my noisy macbook quieter, I disconnected/removed the fan.
Needless to say, that was really stupid. Processor hit 110c and it auto shut off.
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WHY!!!??? Why would anyone do that?
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It made the machine very quiet for when I was gaming and doing work. No sound at all!
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I don't understand why noise is a big problem with a laptop. If you can hear the laptop when gaming then you need to turn up the volume of your game. Use external speakers or headphones. My desktop has 6 case fans, 1 CPU fan, and 2 GPU fans. My system is very loud...reason why I have a 500 watt surround sound system.
AnimeJanai:
The fan noise is quite variable with laptops. In general, Dell consumer or latitude models that are frequently sold to businesses and corporations are pretty good about noise. At full speed on BOTH fans (my laptop has two separate fan locations), the fan noise is the low-pitched *whirring* noise which is not very loud and easy to ignore. I've heard Apples and Toshiba units with high-pitched fans and that higher pitch is harder to ignore. My dell at full fan volume cannot be heard outside my cubicle, but of course there is the usual background noise of the office to cover it up.
Is the fan just an individual fluke "screamer"?? My main fan is parallel to the desktop surface which allowed Dell to use a nice big fan with longer fanblades. It's cheaper to have the fan perpendicular to the desktop but that means the fan is very tiny with very short fanblades. Those are the ones that have the high pitched sound.
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