Author Topic: Blockland overheats my laptop (Read 1308 times)

starwars45 · April 24, 2013, 02:55:08 PM

This didn't used to happen, recently whenever I played Blockland it would overheat my laptop, like it would immediatly shut down. Any help? It stops me from building, and I really want to build some things.

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Altiris · April 24, 2013, 03:27:01 PM

Maybe you have shaders on or something, try other games besides Blockland and if that makes it shutdown/overheat then its your laptop not cooling efficiently.

starwars45 · April 24, 2013, 03:48:04 PM

Shaders are off, and when I play Garry's Mod on only singleplayer for some reason it overheats. I think I should get an air duster to clean the vents and fans.

Greek2me · April 24, 2013, 08:16:18 PM

Get canned air and clean out your computer. When I cleaned my laptop, I completely disassembled it, which got a lot more dust out than just spraying air in the vents. You might want to look into that.

Altiris · April 24, 2013, 10:32:48 PM

Quote from: starwars45 on April 24, 2013, 03:48:04 PM

Shaders are off, and when I play Garry's Mod on only singleplayer for some reason it overheats. I think I should get an air duster to clean the vents and fans.

Yeah and if that doesn't work there are some of those laptop pads that apparently "increase" airflow, I'm not sure if they work but idk. Another thig, what surface is your laptop on, your lap a bed? You should always put it on a wood or glass/metal table (plastic s also find) when gaming, don't put it on like a pillow, couch or a bed.

Aware · April 24, 2013, 10:52:31 PM

Just curios, but what kind of laptop do you have?

Darksaber530 · April 25, 2013, 12:42:03 AM

Quote from: Aware on April 24, 2013, 10:52:31 PM

Just curios, but what kind of laptop do you have?

Like cheerio's

Greek2me · April 26, 2013, 05:55:19 PM

Hey, I just saw this on reddit:

http://imgur.com/MDK1zwA

What my brother used to do (before we opened his laptop and cleaned it) was to place icepacks under his computer.

Clone2 · April 27, 2013, 06:39:52 PM

Unless you can do this yourself, have someone look at your laptop's fan and processor.
Your fan might not be doing its job properly or it could be filled with dust.
If it's dust, just get some compressed air and blow it out.
If it's not working properly, try to get it replaced.

My computer had the same problem just a few days ago.
My fan wasn't exactly doing its job.
The temperature would get well over seventy degrees Celsius, and the fan would hardly do anything.
Just yesterday, I got a water cooling system and it hasn't gone above thirty degrees!