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I run several VM's, Photoshop, and games. Never had overheating result in a mandatory shutdown/reboot.
by debaserab2 12y ago
I run several VM's, Photoshop, and games. Never had overheating result in a mandatory shutdown/reboot.
- makomk 12y agoYou'd be very unlikely to with modern CPUs. They generally just throttle back to a tiny fraction of normal performance, unless the heatsink literally falls off (and maybe even then).
- cesarb 12y ago> unless the heatsink literally falls off Or if the laptop was shipped without the screws which hold the heatsink in place (happened to me). The thermal throttling can hold for some time, but it'll reach 100 degrees and turn off, even if you aren't doing anything CPU-intensive.