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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Again interesting. My impression was that the cpu generated a lot of heat ergo the heatsinks. Probably I am behind the times in that?
Helen
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CPU, Graphics chips both generate lots of heat because they are both, very complex internally and the both run at high speeds(and suck lots of power to get there).
Many. every day tasks like Web browsing, memo writing, use short bursts of the processor capacity, then go back to idle.
A "conversion" runs hard for a goodly chunk of time. Laptops are notorious for heat problems as they are cramped internally and strive to avoid the weight of additional cooling components found in Desktop systems. (Open Windows Task Manager:Process Tab and watch the Idle Process [unused capacity], System Monitor in Ubuntu. for grins.)
So I am not surprised that things heat up. during a conversion.
BTW I use a Wire Cake cooling rack under my Toshiba.