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chicagofan
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 Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:36 am Post subject: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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The pc is running fine, but it gets *extremely* hot after 2 hrs. use.
Is that normal for laptops or this model in particular?
Also, is it true that if I only use the laptop at home always plugged
in, it won't do any harm to the pc to leave the battery out?
Thanks to anyone who will enlighten me. 
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Ben Myers
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Is extremely hot too hot to the touch? What speed of CPU is in the laptop? I
have dealt with some Dell hot-running laptops which happened to have 3GHz
Pentium 4 CPUs, too hot for a laptop, IMHO.
If you are using the laptop at home, by all means, remove the battery. It won't
harm the system unless there is an electric power failure. It also prolongs
battery life... Ben Myers
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:36:35 -0400, chicagofan <me7@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | The pc is running fine, but it gets *extremely* hot after 2 hrs. use.
Is that normal for laptops or this model in particular?
Also, is it true that if I only use the laptop at home always plugged
in, it won't do any harm to the pc to leave the battery out?
Thanks to anyone who will enlighten me.
bj |
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Tom from WI
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:41 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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I have a MX 6441. It has been on over 8 hours (I leave it on all day). The
bottom is warm but not too hot to keep your hand on it. I have two things
unde the back to raise it off of my desk about 1/4 of an inch. Maybe that
helps.
I also have had the battery removed for several weeks. I put it back in once
in while to keep it charged.
Tom
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| Quote: | The pc is running fine, but it gets *extremely* hot after 2 hrs. use. Is
that normal for laptops or this model in particular?
Also, is it true that if I only use the laptop at home always plugged in,
it won't do any harm to the pc to leave the battery out?
Thanks to anyone who will enlighten me.
bj |
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Ben Myers
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. also have a USB unit that a notebook sits on. You
plug it into a USB port and its fans pull air away from the bottom of the
notebook.
I hesitate to call them laptops, because if you use a modern notebook computer
in your lap, you are probably inhibiting proper air flow to cool the system.
.... Ben Myers
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:41:56 GMT, "Tom from WI"
<not_read_address@no-name-isp.us> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a MX 6441. It has been on over 8 hours (I leave it on all day). The
bottom is warm but not too hot to keep your hand on it. I have two things
unde the back to raise it off of my desk about 1/4 of an inch. Maybe that
helps.
I also have had the battery removed for several weeks. I put it back in once
in while to keep it charged.
Tom
"chicagofan" <me7@privacy.net> wrote in message
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The pc is running fine, but it gets *extremely* hot after 2 hrs. use. Is
that normal for laptops or this model in particular?
Also, is it true that if I only use the laptop at home always plugged in,
it won't do any harm to the pc to leave the battery out?
Thanks to anyone who will enlighten me.
bj
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chicagofan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Ben Myers wrote:
| Quote: | Is extremely hot too hot to the touch? What speed of CPU is in the laptop? I
have dealt with some Dell hot-running laptops which happened to have 3GHz
Pentium 4 CPUs, too hot for a laptop, IMHO.
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That's what the OD salesman told me, and why I accepted an AMD 1.8Ghz,
which is my first AMD, and one of the reasons I'm worried. It has 1GB RAM.
It is not too hot to touch, but definitely could not be described as
warm. It is very, very hot, with very hot air blowing out the side,
which I know... is good that it is doing that. :)
| Quote: | If you are using the laptop at home, by all means, remove the battery. It won't
harm the system unless there is an electric power failure. It also prolongs
battery life... Ben Myers
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What should I consider about power failures? Maybe charge that battery
periodically?
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chicagofan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Ben Myers wrote:
| Quote: | Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. also have a USB unit that a notebook sits on. You
plug it into a USB port and its fans pull air away from the bottom of the
notebook.
I hesitate to call them laptops, because if you use a modern notebook computer
in your lap, you are probably inhibiting proper air flow to cool the system.
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That may be the problem, I've been using a contoured foam pillow to rest
it in my lap. I thought because it was *open* beneath the hottest part
of it, that would be OK... maybe not.
| Quote: | On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:41:56 GMT, "Tom from WI" wrote:
I have a MX 6441. It has been on over 8 hours (I leave it on all day). The
bottom is warm but not too hot to keep your hand on it. I have two things
unde the back to raise it off of my desk about 1/4 of an inch. Maybe that
helps.
I also have had the battery removed for several weeks. I put it back in once
in while to keep it charged.
Tom
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Thanks to you both, I'll check around for something better than I have
been using to sit it on, and those USB fans. Maybe that will help.
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Joan F (MI)
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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I have a LapLogic lap desk that I set on a pillow on my lap, it works real
well, isn't slippery so the laptop stays in place. I have the Mystral which
shows as out of stock right now but they have other models.
http://www.laplogic.com/current/html/products/lappads/guardian-overview.html
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chicagofan <me7@privacy.net> stated
| That may be the problem, I've been using a contoured foam pillow to
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| it in my lap. I thought because it was *open* beneath the hottest part
| of it, that would be OK... maybe not.
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| Thanks to you both, I'll check around for something better than I have
| been using to sit it on, and those USB fans. Maybe that will help.
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Ben Myers
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:35 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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You might also look for freeware to monitor the processor temperature. Notebook
computer designs are often non-standard enough that the temperature sensors (if
any) are different than those found on conventional motherboards. This becomes
a bit of trial and error, but definitely worthwhile if you can find some
software to give you quantitive feedback... Ben Myers
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:45:09 -0400, chicagofan <me7@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Ben Myers wrote:
Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. also have a USB unit that a notebook sits on. You
plug it into a USB port and its fans pull air away from the bottom of the
notebook.
I hesitate to call them laptops, because if you use a modern notebook computer
in your lap, you are probably inhibiting proper air flow to cool the system.
That may be the problem, I've been using a contoured foam pillow to rest
it in my lap. I thought because it was *open* beneath the hottest part
of it, that would be OK... maybe not.
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:41:56 GMT, "Tom from WI" wrote:
I have a MX 6441. It has been on over 8 hours (I leave it on all day). The
bottom is warm but not too hot to keep your hand on it. I have two things
unde the back to raise it off of my desk about 1/4 of an inch. Maybe that
helps.
I also have had the battery removed for several weeks. I put it back in once
in while to keep it charged.
Tom
Thanks to you both, I'll check around for something better than I have
been using to sit it on, and those USB fans. Maybe that will help.
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Tom from WI
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:42 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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I used one of those on my previous laptop. It made enough noise to be
annoying, so I dumped it.
Tom
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| Quote: | Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. also have a USB unit that a notebook sits on.
You
plug it into a USB port and its fans pull air away from the bottom of the
notebook.
I hesitate to call them laptops, because if you use a modern notebook
computer
in your lap, you are probably inhibiting proper air flow to cool the
system.
... Ben Myers
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:41:56 GMT, "Tom from WI"
not_read_address@no-name-isp.us> wrote:
I have a MX 6441. It has been on over 8 hours (I leave it on all day). The
bottom is warm but not too hot to keep your hand on it. I have two things
unde the back to raise it off of my desk about 1/4 of an inch. Maybe that
helps.
I also have had the battery removed for several weeks. I put it back in
once
in while to keep it charged.
Tom
"chicagofan" <me7@privacy.net> wrote in message
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The pc is running fine, but it gets *extremely* hot after 2 hrs. use. Is
that normal for laptops or this model in particular?
Also, is it true that if I only use the laptop at home always plugged
in,
it won't do any harm to the pc to leave the battery out?
Thanks to anyone who will enlighten me.
bj
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chicagofan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Joan F (MI) wrote:
Thanks, Joan! I've bookmarked this site and will check back later,
because I think I prefer the out of stock item the best as well.
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chicagofan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:01 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Ben Myers wrote:
| Quote: | You might also look for freeware to monitor the processor temperature. Notebook
computer designs are often non-standard enough that the temperature sensors (if
any) are different than those found on conventional motherboards. This becomes
a bit of trial and error, but definitely worthwhile if you can find some
software to give you quantitive feedback... Ben Myers
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I didn't know they had software for that. That's a great idea, and I
will follow up on it, because I fear too much heat is going kill this pc
much too soon. Thanks again...
And thanks, Tom, for the feedback on the USB fan. Noise would be a
problem for me too, so I think I'll pass on it.
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Lon
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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chicagofan proclaimed:
| Quote: | Ben Myers wrote:
You might also look for freeware to monitor the processor
temperature. Notebook
computer designs are often non-standard enough that the temperature
sensors (if
any) are different than those found on conventional motherboards.
This becomes
a bit of trial and error, but definitely worthwhile if you can find some
software to give you quantitive feedback... Ben Myers
I didn't know they had software for that. That's a great idea, and I
will follow up on it, because I fear too much heat is going kill this pc
much too soon. Thanks again...
And thanks, Tom, for the feedback on the USB fan. Noise would be a
problem for me too, so I think I'll pass on it.
bj
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If you are handy, see if your processor has an integral heat sink or one
that is attached by that little hunk of heat tape. If the heat sink is
a separate piece, remove it and add a couple drops of Arctic Silver
between the sink and the top of the processor in the small circle area
only. Usually good for several degrees temp drop. |
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chicagofan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:19 am Post subject: Re: Novice questions about MX 6440 laptop |
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Lon wrote:
| Quote: | chicagofan proclaimed:
Ben Myers wrote:
You might also look for freeware to monitor the processor
temperature. Notebook
computer designs are often non-standard enough that the temperature
sensors (if
any) are different than those found on conventional motherboards.
This becomes
a bit of trial and error, but definitely worthwhile if you can find some
software to give you quantitive feedback... Ben Myers
I didn't know they had software for that. That's a great idea, and I
will follow up on it, because I fear too much heat is going kill this
pc much too soon. Thanks again...
And thanks, Tom, for the feedback on the USB fan. Noise would be a
problem for me too, so I think I'll pass on it.
bj
If you are handy, see if your processor has an integral heat sink or one
that is attached by that little hunk of heat tape. If the heat sink is
a separate piece, remove it and add a couple drops of Arctic Silver
between the sink and the top of the processor in the small circle area
only. Usually good for several degrees temp drop.
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Thanks, but I'm not that handy anymore. I've reached that age where my
fingers won't do what I tell them to do.  Sounds like excellent advice
though, and I may have a tech savvy neighbor look at this, if the heat
starts affecting the pc operation. Appreciate the advice.
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