warmonger said:How about laptops? Don't they struggle with heat dissapation?
Yeah, that's why I referred to 'workstations'. I'd be more careful running a laptop 24/7 at 100% utilization, though I think in most cases it can still be done.
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Yeah, that's why I referred to 'workstations'. I'd be more careful running a laptop 24/7 at 100% utilization, though I think in most cases it can still be done.
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My Laptop did fine for 3 or 4 months, but then i had to replace the power supply. The laptop itself didn't have any overheating problems.IglooDude said:
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I'll have my laptop on less than 50% and it will overheat, especially since it's summer with a warmer ambient temperature, so you really have to watch them.
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My laptop runs as a webserver, which means it is on 24/7. As i said, except for the power supply, there haven't been any problems.
It is an old model, though. Only 800Mhz.
It is an old model, though. Only 800Mhz.
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If I just leave mine on it will heat up (fairly warm to the touch, much more so than normal), even with F@H not running, and when I tried to leave it on once or twice it was hot to the touch, something which I doubt is benefical to the computer. 
I tried running this on my laptop, but it got so hot, it practically almost caught my chair on fire, and the fan was going so hard it was making the machine shake. I think maybe it was running at 85%? When I get a real desktop (one of those high end machines for Music Recording), I'll start to fold
We run on the laptop 24/7, but we set the laptop on a grill to keep it well ventilated. It's warm, but not hot.
Work units have deadlines, so if you run too slowly, you might not actually be helping. Well, you probably still are helping, but not as much as if you get the work unit in on time. Apparently the number of 'dead' work units is pretty low, most work units are returned on time.
Work units have deadlines, so if you run too slowly, you might not actually be helping. Well, you probably still are helping, but not as much as if you get the work unit in on time. Apparently the number of 'dead' work units is pretty low, most work units are returned on time.
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My laptops v. toasty always.. a real testicle tanner!
Does a computer run more efficiently if it's cold/cool? Would placing the laptop on (covered) ice improve its performance?
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El_Machinae said:
It shouldn't make any difference except that it will crash if it gets too hot. But up until that point I don't think speed is affected..
edit - I may be wrong about that, I did some looking around and some say that computers run slower when too hot, so I have no idea. I do know they'll crash though, I have a friend whose laptop crashes constantly because it gets too hot.
Well, that's just as well, because I was having weird vision of thawing peas under the laptop for dinner, etc.
Ugh. My celeron herd has been off the network since last Friday, the power outage apparently took down the switch they were all plugged in to. 
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Oh well, I got my sister's PC folding when I was there this weekend (had to stop it when I left unfortunately), it folds about twice the speed of mine so that made up a bit for the Celerons having a rest.
Cool. And while the celerons were disconnected from the network, they apparently were still doing the folding, because I showed 939 points from this last update - they were all waiting to turn their work in. 
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