Padders Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 The following spec: Dell Inspiron Intel Celeron 900 @ 2.20GHz 3GB Memory Windows XP SP 3 Any of you guys got any ideas of how to cool the computer down while playing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoRobbo Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 What is your laptop resting on? Make sure it has a lot of ventilation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jod123 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Keep the vents clear. Run as little programs as possible at the same time. It is best to use a laptop on a hard surface as well rather than a bed for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Yeah I always make sure it's not covered up. It still gets very hot when it has good ventilation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoRobbo Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 have you got it connected to the mains when your battery is fully charged? This will make it overheat and also over charge your battery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUF Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Have you checked that inside the case the fan isn't choked in dust? If it's been a year or more since you last checked it could be worth a try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Some good advice, the laptop is just under a year old. Haven't looked inside at the fan to be honest. I do try to unplug the charger when its fully charged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lambs Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Laptops are notorious for overheating, mine started getting so hot it would shut down, so I got one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PQSJ6O/ref=oss_product Not had a problem since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka Sangoma Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 You should chock it up, put a book under it so it gets better ventilation, I do it and my laptop doesn't heat up very often Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Laptops are notorious for overheating, mine started getting so hot it would shut down, so I got one of these:http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PQSJ6O/ref=oss_product Not had a problem since. My brother made up something similar for his College laptop, and it worked like a charm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 How tech-savvy are you? I haven't tried it myself, but apparently under-volting can help reduce the temperature - though it may also break the laptop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stornyboy80 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 my laptop crashes when playing FM WITHOUT charger in. Even when fully charged up it crashes when i go to play a match day and completely shuts down. But if I have the charger plugged in, regardless of battery life, it plays no probs. any suggestions??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankylars Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I second the dust comments - clean out the fan vents with some compressed air sprayers that you find at office supply stores. Two years ago I had the same problem - FM09 heated my laptop (Core 2 Duo 2.16ghz and 2gb RAM) to close to 90 C during play. I cleaned out the vents and the temps dropped to much more reasonable 75 C or so. A fan under the laptop could help, or perhaps even having a fan blowing across the keyboard - the processor may be closer to the keys than the underside on your model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Valentino Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Dell laptops are known to have an over-heating issue and mine kept shutting down during FM even when on a laptop table when it is being fully used. The compressed air is a long term solution but i found that vacuum cleaning all the fan vents and fans worked too so i just do that every month and works fine now. Hope this helps..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trikstaa Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 A laptop is bound to get hot when your running a game with such a large database and the need for a great processor. I've bought a Mac and my Mac gets warm sometimes even hot. What i'd suggest is investing in a laptop cooler. Try not to buy too cheap of a one because they really ARE different. Thats pretty much all you can do unfortunately. I know many of these people suggest cleaning out the dust etc, but at the end of the day you're still going to have this issue. Try monitoring your temperatures using a program called Core Temp, and your processor can go about 67-77C, but lets try and keep it around 50-60C as your playing this game because its a laptop. If you need any help just let me know! Just know, that if your computer is idle and you're still reaching those high temperatures of 60-70C, then you have a problem and will have to notify dell, and based on what Romeo Valentino has said, you're probably going to have too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallen Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 That's a very useful program. Thanks Trikstaa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh111111 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 A laptop is bound to get hot when your running a game with such a large database and the need for a great processor. I've bought a Mac and my Mac gets warm sometimes even hot. What i'd suggest is investing in a laptop cooler. Try not to buy too cheap of a one because they really ARE different. Thats pretty much all you can do unfortunately. I know many of these people suggest cleaning out the dust etc, but at the end of the day you're still going to have this issue. Try monitoring your temperatures using a program called Core Temp, and your processor can go about 67-77C, but lets try and keep it around 50-60C as your playing this game because its a laptop. If you need any help just let me know! Just know, that if your computer is idle and you're still reaching those high temperatures of 60-70C, then you have a problem and will have to notify dell, and based on what Romeo Valentino has said, you're probably going to have too. really good application, thanks for sharing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswibbs Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 i have a fan running in the air fent and it seems to do the job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Thanks everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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