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Home » Reader question » Reader Question: How do I prevent my laptop and iPad from overheating?
Dear readers,
I'm going to travel around Thailand for a few weeks. I am a student and I sleep in cheap hostels and guesthouses without air conditioning.
I do take my laptop and iPad with me for photos, travel reports and to maintain contact. I saw that it is very hot in Thailand right now. That's why I want to know how you prevent electronic equipment from breaking down due to overheating. My adapter is already getting really hot. I'm afraid that with high temperatures in Thailand things will break down.
Have you come up with something for that? Is there anything for it in Thailand? So my question is how can I cool my equipment?
Regards,
A3
There are laptop coolers for sale in Thailand, a plastic frame with a cooling fin underneath on which you then place your laptop, the power supply runs via USB, I thought.
Such a laptop cooler works fine, bought one in Tucom for 300 bath with 2 fans for cooling, completely silent and is powered by a USB cable.
I also have such a small USB fan, which is more for your own cooling than for your computer, paid 200 bath for it, also at Tucom.
I do have air conditioning, but I like to sit outside on the terrace with my laptop, that's why.
@ A3 You can buy a notebook cooling station in Thailand that you place under your laptop and that is powered from your laptop. In my case that is more than enough. Some people also add a table fan, but that is not very practical for you. If you have a room with air conditioning, you will of course not be bothered by anything. You also have fans that you can connect to your laptop, but that is of no use at the Thai temperatures.
It is hot in Thailand right now, but next month the temperature will drop. Incidentally, the temperatures differ per area. It is not equally warm everywhere in Thailand and there is also such a thing as the evening coolness.
I don't know anything about iPads.
Have a look at this link: http://www.bol.com/nl/p/sweex-notebook-cooling-station/9000000008484657/
It is very important to do this in Thailand, because I bought an Acer in 2006 and it broke here in 4 years…even though I had put a cooler under it…..
Well, I also have a 5 year old Acer. No problem. No refrigeration. Just don't leave it on unnecessarily. My battery just died. So now only on mains power.
So no problem as long as your laptop only turns on when in use and not on standby for hours (which I do, by the way).
But this is of course no guarantee! Depending on when you go (summer?), you still have a chance that the temperatures will not be too bad. The hottest time gradually descends into the rainy period in May. Also good for your laptop/I-pad.
Extra cooling for your laptop is necessary. My HP Pavilion dv7 frequently crashed due to overheating. A cool pad was not enough in my situation: no air conditioning, only fans.
A small table fan worked well. When showing films on the TV, I added a large standing fan, which was also sufficient.
Whether an iPad causes problems in Thailand, no idea. I'm from the same generation as Dick van der Lugt, we don't do iPads.
Don't worry too much about "overheating". Laptops are not only built for the Netherlands, but can function just as well in the tropics. Of course, you should always make sure that there is no proper ventilation.
I was a bit hesitant at first, but it's all good. If you want to be completely sure that it is cooled down enough, then the advice of the above gentlemen is certainly recommended. At least it's better and your lap won't get too hot.
iPads hardly suffer from the heat, because they do not develop too much heat themselves. The same applies to the better Android tablets (so in the same price range as the iPads). The cheaper Chinese variants can heat up well. I have a Samsung tablet and it never gets hot.
As for the adapter, keep an eye on it. My adapter also gets quite hot, but like I said, it still works after six months in Thailand!
My experience is that an iPad does get quite warm. During our last visit to Thailand in January, the thing got very hot during use and you saw the battery level drop very quickly. All this when used outside and also in the wind. When used in the hotel room with air conditioning, no problems. Maybe a tip for your iPad if it is equipped with 3G and not just WIFI. Buy a Thai sim card without data limit, for example at 12call. We bought one in January for less than 1000 THB. If you settle for a data limit of 2, 4 or 8 Gb, you will save even more. The connection was so much better than the WIFI connection in the hotel that we left the WIFI for what it was. We even missed a number of Dutch programs on the I-pad via broadcast with hardly a hitch in a one-hour program.
This can be done very easily and very cheaply. The problem is that most laptops are too close to the surface. I took 4 empty water bottle caps then put a piece of double sided tape on the closed side of the cap and spread them over the 4 corners of the bottom. The whole thing now rises and he can get rid of his heat. Has been working excellently for 3 years and believe me, where we live (loei) it is warm.
A laptop is protected against overheating. The fan of a laptop is located at the bottom and cannot dissipate the heat quickly enough when the laptop is on a flat surface (too little space between the table and the laptop, for example), so that it becomes too hot and is automatically switched off.
By ensuring that the fan has more room to dissipate the heat (see Dirk Brouwer's response), automatic switch-off due to overheating can be prevented.
Just make sure there are a few caps under your laptop, extra rubber feet, so to speak. So that there is ventilation. No more. And don't leave other things in the sun. Also don't go to the beach with your laptop. Just what you wouldn't do here.
Ruud
It is precisely air conditioning that can cause problems, a mechanic told me; with prolonged use, for example, your TV or computer cools down and if the air conditioning is turned off, condensation can occur.
Thought it was plausible story myself, but can be monkey sandwich, who oh who? is the tech here?
You could download the program “speedfan” , then you can see how warm / hot the disks in question get.
I don't think there will be any new comments now. Thanks to everyone. There were a few useful tips below. Only for my iPad I missed a good tip. I will inquire further, such as at the Apple store.
Laptop
In his permanent place at home, I ensure sufficient and extra ventilation by placing him on a plastic frame containing a fan. The power for the fan is supplied by the laptop via a USB cable. Complete frame (with built-in fan and USB cable) costs about 100-150 Bath. Shops where they sell them can be found almost everywhere.
When I take my laptop somewhere, I usually leave the frame at home. On site I make sure that it is a little higher from the table, so that the heat can be dissipated better. Has always sufficed.
Also make sure that you regularly clean the air supply grille on your laptop, so that the air supply is not hindered. If it is full of dust and this hinders air circulation, other measures are of little use.
But this is just part of the regular maintenance of your laptop. You don't have to wait until you get to Thailand.
iPad/Smartphone
There are a lot of people walking around here with iPads/smartphones, but in my immediate environment I don't hear any complaints about devices breaking down due to heat problems. So I don't think it's a big problem.
But maybe other people have that experience.
Adapter
The fact that an adapter gets very hot is not at all abnormal and is characteristic of an adapter.
It will therefore not get any warmer in Thailand.
That adapter can therefore withstand heat and will not break due to heat.
Anyway, a general tip
Placing or using devices in full sun is never good, but I think this is also stated in the instruction booklet of the laptop/i-pad/smartphone devices.
Have fun