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My laptop sometimes slows down unexpectedly on long uses.
I suspect that the laptop temperature is going to high, then the CPU (or the chipset) is slowing down to avoid damaging the hardware. I can even feel the heat through my table.
Is there any way to "detect" if my hypothesis is right?
If true, what can I do to prevent it?
Some information:
- My computer is a Dell Latitude E6400 (Core 2 Duo, 4Gb RAM, Intel GMA
4500
<low cost low perf low productivity>
, SATA 7200 RPM hard drive) running on Windows 7 SP1 x64. - I'm heavily using it as a development computer (CPU, disk and memory
are always is high load), and, unfortunately, I can't simply reduce
the number of running apps/services. - Using Speccy, I see this average temperatures (Celsius / Fahrenheit):
- motherboard : 70 ºC / 158 ºF
- CPU : 60 ºC / 140 ºF
- hard drive : 45 ºC / 113 ºF
@nhinkle: just curious, why did you removed the speccy report ? I added it at the end of the question, in a code section to avoid visually lengthy post. I supposed some hardware guru would like to check a specific data in the report. Normal users, then, see the begin of the question, which is the essential part... – Steve B – 2011-09-20T08:12:52.120
it was way more info than necessary, and largely irrelevant. It also slows down the page load for everyone who loads the page. If you want, you could upload it to a pastebin or something like that, and provide a link. – nhinkle – 2011-09-20T08:22:55.117
thanks for the explanation. I'll keep the pastebin option if someone requires more details – Steve B – 2011-09-20T08:24:08.333