wifi heats my laptop

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egolatra

wifi heats my laptop

Post by egolatra »

when i switch off the wifi the temperature goes down again
how can i solve this problem??
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robgoss

Re: wifi heats my laptop

Post by robgoss »

I'm not really sure I understand your question. If you're referring to your laptop heating up try a cooling plate it's a good investment for any laptop.
Mute Ant

Re: wifi heats my laptop

Post by Mute Ant »

It might be normal. Having the WiFi on draws extra current, and allows extra CPU activity talking to the Internet. Both of these will make the machine get warmer.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444 especially [5] Details! What model is the laptop, and how hot is it normally, and how much hotter does it get? If you leave it running for an hour with the WiFi switched on, is it still working okay?
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