{"id":25202,"date":"2011-10-19T07:32:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T12:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=25202"},"modified":"2011-10-19T07:32:47","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T12:32:47","slug":"windows-secrets-newsletter-how-to-test-fix-notebook-overheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-secrets-newsletter-how-to-test-fix-notebook-overheating\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Secrets Newsletter: How to Test &#038; Fix Notebook Overheating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110126windowssecrets.jpg\" alt=\"windows secrets\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By  Fred Langa\/Windows Secrets Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Overheating in PCs can cause unexpected hangs and shutdowns \u2014 and even shorten the life of your computer.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, it\u2019s easy to monitor your system\u2019s temperature and to correct the most common causes of overheating.<\/p>\n<p>Heat is the inevitable byproduct of all electronic operations. Have you ever wondered at the size of that heat sink sitting on top of a desktop system\u2019s much smaller CPU?<\/p>\n<p>Heat is also the scourge of all electronics hardware. Mild overheating will shorten the life of a system\u2019s components; excessive overheating can cause a PC to cook itself to death. At the very least, a PC that\u2019s running too hot can have erratic behavior, data errors, spontaneous reboots, and other intermittent \u2014 and often baffling \u2014 problems.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the first and only sign of serious heat-related trouble is a sudden failure such as the one described by reader Richard Thornton:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium [installed]. Recently, while I was watching a streamed Netflix movie, everything froze. It was a panic-initiating experience. I had to use a forced shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI noticed that the power AC adapter was very hot. Upon restart, CHKDSK ran. It found and fixed some damaged files. Afterwards, the computer seemed to function properly, but I haven\u2019t tried to watch a Netflix movie yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve tried many support venues, but so far nobody can answer why the computer froze.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This sounds like a classic case of overheating. If the ability of a PC (or laptop, or netbook, or whatever) to cool itself is partially compromised, the system may work fine under normal load but suffer heat stroke when asked to work hard. Streaming a high\u2013bit rate, movie-quality video feed is indeed a hardware-intensive task.<\/p>\n<p>What can cause a cooling system to fail? 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