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advice? i have an old dell latitude, im trying to play morrowind on it, periodically (regularly but not so often that i cant play) lags and the computer makes sounds like its working hard and heating up, from what research ive done it sounds like its overheating/overworked. ive already tweaked the settings best i can in morrowind to make it more compatible, but i still have this problem.
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Re: reducing heat in a laptop
Tue, December 23, 2008 - 11:06 AMYou may want to try using compressed air to blow out the vents and the fan. Also, running the laptop on a hard surface, wood, metal, tile, etc is much better than on a soft surface like your lap, carpet or a blanket.
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Re: reducing heat in a laptop
Tue, December 23, 2008 - 12:26 PMTake a look at the I8kfanGUI app. Let's you crank up your fan speeds.
Also, as stated, blow the sucker out real good with compressed air.
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Re: reducing heat in a laptop
Tue, December 23, 2008 - 3:17 PMYes, blow out the vents first, but there are also gadgets that cool as well.
www.coolgadgetszone.com/2007/0...cooler/
imall.ntu.edu.sg/ProductDetail.asp
Google "laptop cooling"
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