Hi there

i curently live in a country that has very hot weather  , sometimes even 43 during the night , 

do i really need to buy a cooler for my laptop , or there are some tweeks i can use to keep it from overheating . 

also is there a way to limit the usage of  an application  as firefox has amazing problems with that , some times the usage goes up to 500k and i use opera now .

my laptop is a6 3400m

thanks for all the help 

Might be able to improve the fan speeds, but more and likely a cooler is your only reasonable choice.

Keeping a laptop that overheats cool is really hard. You can always try to adjust fan speeds, but if the laptop overheats the fans should already be at 100%, and the only way to reduce heat generated would be to force all power-saving options to max, severely gimping your laptops performance. External coolers will reduce the heat somewhat, but they aren't usually very effective.

I'd recommend asking the locals about laptops that won't overheat in conditions in your country and buying one of those.

Not to much you can do. You can overclock your fans though you want to be careful with that. A laptop cooler is a big help in helping to keep circulation going so I would advise using one, particularly with some sort of fan to help with the circulation. The only thing else would be to keep it in a cool room (basement being an idea place) away from sunlight. Outside that you can't do much at all. My advice would be to get a PC and invest in liquid cooling and use a big case with plenty of fans to keep things cool inside.  There are some laptops that can be a bit bigger, but most tend to be build around portability so many are built to be compact.

I've successfully dropped about 10-15C off laptop temperatures before by placing it on top of books (basically making more room between the table and computer). You could try a cooler pad with fans, not a huge investment, and at least in my case worked. Granted, the temperatures were nowhere near 45C, but who knows, it may help...

yea coolers dont make such an improvement cos i tried in the past but it depends if i am lucky and get one good for a change

The basic problem is that blowing hot air at a laptop just isn't a very effective way to cool it.

More precisely, this is why tests of cooling systems focus on the temperature difference between a chip and the ambient air temperature, rather than on the absolute temperature of the chip.  A cooling system that can keep temperatures at 40 C when it's 20 C in your room will let them rise to 60 C when it's 40 C in your room.

How hot is the processor getting, that it throttles back as overheating?  If it's touching 80 C, then you're probably not cooling it very well for one reason or another.  If it doesn't like 60 C, then there isn't that much that you can do.  An A6-3400M doesn't put out very much heat to begin with.

Originally posted by Quizzical

The basic problem is that blowing hot air at a laptop just isn't a very effective way to cool it.

More precisely, this is why tests of cooling systems focus on the temperature difference between a chip and the ambient air temperature, rather than on the absolute temperature of the chip.  A cooling system that can keep temperatures at 40 C when it's 20 C in your room will let them rise to 60 C when it's 40 C in your room.

How hot is the processor getting, that it throttles back as overheating?  If it's touching 80 C, then you're probably not cooling it very well for one reason or another.  If it doesn't like 60 C, then there isn't that much that you can do.  An A6-3400M doesn't put out very much heat to begin with.

its between 50 - 65

One thing that can help:

Either make sure your battery is fully, 100% charged, or play with the battery removed and the laptop plugged into the wall.

Using the battery (either playing from the battery, or charging the battery) puts off a ~lot~ of extra heat.

You can also make sure your Windows Power Management mode is set to Power Saving (Control Panel - Sytem & Security - Power Options) - this will likely impact your framerates on gaming somewhat, but if heat is limiting it anyway then you don't have much to lose. Setting this on Power Saving will put your CPU into maximum throttle/energy efficiency mode (least amount of heat), as well as your hard drive and other components.

Aside from that, your basic common computer tips apply: make sure the unit isn't clogged with dust/cat hair/etc. Keep it set firmly on a solid surface so the vents are all able to get air (table top - not resting in your lap or on a pillow or something). Also make sure you have up-to-date drivers for everything, a lot of laptop driver optimizations have to deal with power usage (which corresponds to heat).

There are ways to mitigate the amount of CPU horsepower an application can use, but it can have unintended consequences (Task Manager - Processes, right click on the process and choose Set Priority to Low and Set Affinity to only a single or pair of cores). Look out for addons that really suck power on browsers, Flash in particular can be really bad.

Originally posted by Ridelynn

One thing that can help:

Either make sure your battery is fully, 100% charged, or play with the battery removed and the laptop plugged into the wall.

Using the battery (either playing from the battery, or charging the battery) puts off a ~lot~ of extra heat.

You can also make sure your Windows Power Management mode is set to Power Saving (Control Panel - Sytem & Security - Power Options) - this will likely impact your framerates on gaming somewhat, but if heat is limiting it anyway then you don't have much to lose. Setting this on Power Saving will put your CPU into maximum throttle/energy efficiency mode (least amount of heat), as well as your hard drive and other components.

Aside from that, your basic common computer tips apply: make sure the unit isn't clogged with dust/cat hair/etc. Keep it set firmly on a solid surface so the vents are all able to get air (table top - not resting in your lap or on a pillow or something). Also make sure you have up-to-date drivers for everything, a lot of laptop driver optimizations have to deal with power usage (which corresponds to heat).

There are ways to mitigate the amount of CPU horsepower an application can use, but it can have unintended consequences (Task Manager - Processes, right click on the process and choose Set Priority to Low and Set Affinity to only a single or pair of cores). Look out for addons that really suck power on browsers, Flash in particular can be really bad.

thanks for the info  i will try and see if they work on my laptop 

this is the laptop by the way

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/L750/L755D-S5363/ i have 8gb ram ,  i should have mention that before sorry

You can safe your laptop from overheating you should check your CPU temprature which should be maximum 60 degree celcius and also clean your laptop dust by vacuum cleaner for more information take Technical Support help by expert.

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You have done all you can if you are keeping your laptop 5-20c above ambient. Only solution is to invest in air conditioning.

Some laptops overheat easier than others. HP as example can be used as a toaster as well.

ASUS and Sony Vaio area lot  nicer with heat get one of them.

Also get one with a SSD instead of a SATA drive, it will help a lot.

A cooling pad ain´t a bad thing either and they are not that expensive. 

Originally posted by earth2011

Hi there

i curently live in a country that has very hot weather  , sometimes even 43 during the night , 

do i really need to buy a cooler for my laptop , or there are some tweeks i can use to keep it from overheating . 

also is there a way to limit the usage of  an application  as firefox has amazing problems with that , some times the usage goes up to 500k and i use opera now .

my laptop is a6 3400m

 

thanks for all the help 

A buddy of mine uses what is called a chill mat or laptop cooler. They work quite well and are pretty inexpensive. The brand he uses is Targus.

+++ EDIT+++ Damn it! Loke666 is cooler than me.

Originally posted by earth2011

its between 50 - 65

If the temperature is not causing any problems, maybe you could just let it be. According to CPU World maxium operating temperature for A6 3400M is 100 degrees celcius. 65 degrees shouldn't be so high that it would cause problems.