Overheating of the laptop. Possible causes and ways to deal with them

It's not a secret for anyone that the laptop heats up when working, like other devices. Similarly, any other electronics and household appliances behave - everything that surrounds us in the house or apartment, during work, allocates a certain amount of heat. But the peculiarity of netbooks and laptops is that this technique almost always heats up in the lower part of the case, because of this, not only the hard disk, but also the battery that is in rapid charge mode is subjected to thermal loads. The cover of the sofa, plastic backing, blanket or even several sheets of paper lead to heat accumulation, which can cause the laptop to overheat, which will negatively affect the lifetime of some parts of your device.

In the role of the main fighters with overheating, a cooling circuit (usually it consists of a radiator and heat pipes), a cooler (commonly called a fan), a thermal paste (serves to enhance the details of the notebook heat transfer), and ventilation holes in the case of the device act in notebooks. When these funds become insufficient or they cease to function properly, the notebook is heated very much and may even fail. To avoid this, it is necessary to pay attention to a number of alarm bells, the loudest of which are:

- "slow down" in games. This is how the notebook overheats in almost half of the cases.

- hang of the device. A laptop or netbook stops reacting to commands and resumes its work only after the system is restarted.

- spontaneous device shutdown. The last sign that it is time to do something with the laptop, otherwise it can finally fail.

If the laptop overheats (Acer, Samsung and HP, more precisely, the budget models of these manufacturers are more likely than others to overheat) with an enviable regularity, it's time to sound the alarm and look for the cause of this phenomenon. Otherwise, a device that signals a problem in a similar way may fail much earlier than you planned. Let's look at what in most cases causes a laptop to overheat.

Accumulation of dust. Most often, the laptop's overheating occurs precisely for this reason. Virtually every cooling system in laptops and netbooks uses air currents and blows the radiator as an additional cold supply. With this air, through a few air intake openings of the housing inside the device, dust particles settle on the fins of the radiator, cooler and chips. Over time, the layer of dust inside the laptop is so increased that it significantly hinders the operation of the cooling system and leads to the disconnection of the laptop. Experienced users recommend that you carry out scheduled cleaning of the laptop from dust at least once every six months. Then the problem of overheating is unlikely to disturb your device.

Use the device on soft surfaces or close the air intake openings. Many users do not even suspect that, having settled comfortably with their favorite laptop on the couch and putting the device on the blanket, they block air access to all the air intakes of the bottom and side parts of the laptop's case. Hot air continues to circulate inside the device until it reaches a critical temperature and the laptop does not overheat. For the same reason, it is not recommended to use a laptop on tables covered with a tablecloth.

Drying of thermal paste. The thermal paste is necessary to improve the heat transfer of the microchip to the radiator. When, after a period of time, it dries, the heat transfer can drop dramatically and the device will start to overheat. It is recommended to update it at least once a year or immediately after the occurrence of cooling problems.

If your laptop starts to overheat and you can not determine the problem at home, it's best to contact a specialized workshop where you can accurately locate and eliminate the cause of overheating.