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I thought CPUs and GPUs throttled themselves to keep the thermals safe?

• paulddraper 7y ago
  You're right. I had a W520 Thinkpad that would shut off if it got too hot and wouldn't enter to BIOS until it cooled. (Probably is true of many laptops; that one seemed to frequently overheat on me during intensive, prolonged compilations.)
  • zozbot234 7y ago
    Open the laptop up and reapply the thermal paste. It dries up over time as it gets exposed to higher temperatures, and then you get constant overheating problems as the heatsink can no longer cool the CPU effectively.
• murderfs 7y ago
  Safe for the CPU is a pretty low bar: the Tjunction of their latest mobile CPUs is 100°C, and I'm pretty sure most users would not be very happy with using a laptop at that temperature.
  • zozbot234 7y ago
    Some laptop models (particularly the more "fruity" ones) get awfully close to that Tjunction number. Close enough that there's most likely a decent case that the hardware is taking quite a bit of actual wear and tear from those temperatures.
  • penagwin 7y ago
    Have you used a Macbook? Because they will happily get to 99C before their fans are even at 100%.