Laptop Stands can keep your laptop running smoothly

Inside Laptops there are lots of complicated electrical gizmos that make a lot of heat.  The faster these components run, the more heat they make and if nothing is done to get rid of it then the computer can literally melt itself!

All laptops use lots of mini fans to keep themselves cool, a car engine uses a great giant fan to do the same job.  Now if you place your laptop on a cushion or a pair of baggy clothes then you are in fact BLOCKING the little air vents that are vital to keep everything cool!

What happens when you block the air vents?

1. The hardware slows down all it’s operations to produce less heat
2. The fans go berserk and make a horrid whirling noise
3. You shorten the lifespan of the laptop’s battery

Now purchasing a little laptop rest or stand like the one shown it the picture could save you a lot of over-heating problems in the present and future, also they’re very comfortable and your laptop sticks to them quite well, all-in-all a top buy…

Laptop stands can also help with holding a notebook computer in place; both rests and stands are designed to keep air flowing underneath and at the sides of the laptop at all times.  An added bonus to these devices is not having the heat from the laptop burn your lap as it stands on your legs!

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Dust sneaks its way into Laptops

Dust is a forgotten enemy when it comes to computer maintenance!

No matter what you do (unless you have a high tech lab) you’ll end up with dust all over any room and it gets attracted to computers in two different ways:

1. Static from the monitor attracts it with magnetism
2. Computer fans need to suck in air constantly and dust is always floating around

Why does dust slow a laptop down?

It coats the fans used for cooling the hot components down and they become less effective as air doesn’t flow around the heat sinks as much.  It’s like the hottest parts of your computer are wearing a furry coat!

If anything gets too hot internally in laptops the whole system has to slow itself down using less power (and generating less heat).

If you took the time to take apart the laptop then you can easily remove all of the dust with a soft paper towel or cotton bud, you may want a professional to do this if you are unsure or worried about taking your laptop apart!  It shouldn’t cost more than £5 ($8) so don’t let a computer technician rip you off.

An added bonus of removing the dust on fans/heat-sinks is that the fans can run at a much slower speed using less power and more importantly make a lot less annoying whirring noise.

A hot room or direct sunlight will slow the inner working of laptops down

Did you know that NASA scientists put some of thier computers in liquid nitrogen so they can run them uber-fast?!

The cooler a computer is, the better it runs.  A laptop already gets mightily hot inside with all it’s power hungry components, these get cooled by lots of little fans and air racks called “heat sinks”.  If the air being drawn into the laptop is already hot then it’s not going to work half as good is it?

If a laptop gets too hot then it starts using less power to product less heat from the electricity; this unfortunately means a big slow down for all programs and operations.

Get your laptop out of direct sunlight and keep it in a well ventilated, cool room.

If you cannot achieve this environment then one option is sticking a big fan just above the laptop.  Make sure you don’t point the fan directly at the laptop or you may ruin the flow of air inside, we just want the wasted hot vented air to be blown away.

Don't use the battery if you don't need to

A very quick tip here for your laptop – don’t run it off the battery at all if you can help it.

If you run your laptop of the mains then you’ll keep your battery as good as new as it never really needs to use it.
Keep running the laptop off the battery power then you’ll notice it’s charge deteriorates over time until it can only last two minutes before dying on you!

If you buy a laptop rest then most have a little handy hole to shove the power converter in and all you have to do is locate the nearest plug.  I know a laptop should be mobile but most of the time people just use it in the very same spot so why not look after it a little?!