There’s also some indication that working with a hot laptop in your lap canpotentially cause male infertility.
It can also be a fire hazard; faulty laptops have actually burned down houses.
If your laptop is overheating, take steps immediately tocool your laptopto prevent further overheating damage.
Somesystem information toolssupport temperature readings too.
The simplest solution is to just take a break from using it.
Keep the laptop positioned on a flat, hard surface while you’re using it.
Sitting it on any soft surface (your lap, your bed, the couch, etc.)
Replace the battery if it’s unable to hold a charge for very long.
Defective batteries usually just wear out, but sometimes a battery with impact or thermal damage overheatssometimes, catastrophically.
Try not to use your laptop while it’s charging.
Many laptops will run off battery all the time, and the charger tops it off.
Combine that with the heat of the components (CPU, etc.)
and a perfectly functional laptop has heat issues during in-use charging.
This mode restricts certain background tasks, reducing processor draw and energy consumption and thus minimizing heat generation.
Similarly, shut down programs that use lots ofsystem resources.
