With the advent of sunny summer days, owners of laptops and netbooks may face a problem that is not so acute in the rest of the year. Suddenly, for no reason, their favorite technique begins to slow down, freeze, or completely shut down. In most cases, this is due to overheating of the device, which often entails serious problems. This article will talk about how laptop cooling works and how to make sure that your laptop does not overheat even on the hottest days.
Any cooling system for a netbook or laptop includes several elements. This is a cooling circuit consisting of heat pipes and radiators, one or more coolers, which increases the heat transfer of thermal grease and ventilation holes on the side and bottom surfaces of the case. In the event of a failure of one of the cooling elements, the laptop starts to fail and shuts down, and sometimes it can completely stop working due to the breakdown of one of these nodes.
Cooling the laptop prevents overheating of the chips inside the device and is the key to the success of any laptop. But precisely in the summer, when the ambient temperature rises sharply, any equipment, including portable, needs to create optimal conditions for work. Many manufacturers of computer hardware and accessories, given this option, annually present on the market the so-called external cooling systems for laptops, designed to help cool the ardor of laptops heated by summer heat. Let's look at the main options for such accessories for portable computer equipment.
Laptop cooling system as a standalone external device
Such systems are massive stands with additional coolers built into them. Sometimes they are equipped with several USB ports, small LED indicators and switches for several operating modes. Such systems are optimally suited both for the office and for the office in the walls of the home. They not only prevent overheating of the laptop, but also contribute to its more convenient location at the workplace. External cooling systems are produced by a number of well-known computer companies - CoolerMaster, Zalman, Titan and others.
Cooling coasters
They are a simplified version of the above devices and most of all resemble a small platform with one or more coolers built into it. They differ from stand-alone external systems in compact sizes, the absence of additional functions, less powerful fans and lower power consumption.
Anti-slip Stands
They are an inexpensive solution made of plastic, with the help of which the device casing is placed in such a way that the ventilation holes even in its lower part always remain open to the influx of fresh air. They are the most budgetary option and are designed, first of all, to ensure that the laptop will be cooled by the device itself. Such devices are supplied to the market not only by leading manufacturers, but also by many small and widely unknown companies.
In addition to acquiring one of the additional cooling systems, it must be remembered that the laptop should regularly undergo a kind of technical inspection - specialists must remove dust accumulated inside the case with microcircuits and, if necessary, replace thermal paste. Only in this case, the laptop will be cooled properly, and the laptop will serve you for more than one year. And even the hottest summer will not force your portable pet to fail due to banal overheating.