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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 696482" data-attributes="member: 59833"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite111" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> Like most blanket statements, that&#039;s just not true. My cooling pad easily and significantly lowers the temps on my Toshiba A505. If your notebook does not have any vents on the bottom, a cooling pad may not help. But many notebooks do have vents on the bottom, or a large metal shield/heatsink plate just under the plastic case where air movement from a cooling pad can help extract heat from the notebook. On the other hand, another advantage of a cooling pad is it provides a solid, flat surface to sit the notebook on. This allows the notebook to sit on its feet so air can circulate underneath compared to letting the notebook &quot;snuggle&quot; in the covers of a bed, the carpet, or even your lap.So we are going on &quot;IFs&quot; now? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite111" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I can think of a million &quot;what ifs&quot; to come up with exceptions. But exceptions don&#039;t make the rule.&quot;IF&quot; the TIM (thermal interface material) was applied wrong, the problem would have been there from the start, and likely would overheat even when idle. FTR TIM does not wear out and can easily last 10, 15 years or even longer AS LONG AS the cured bond between the mating surfaces is not broken due to physical abuse or heatsink removal. Even if the TIM dries out, the the solids that remain behind are still filling the microscopic pits and valleys in mating surfaces thus preventing insulating air from getting in. The ONLY reason TIM is liquidfied in the first place is so you can squeeze it out of the tube and spread it out evenly. If you had to reapply TIM 5 or 6 times, you were doing it wrong or using bad stuff in the first place. &quot;IF&quot; you run a benchmark program that is designed to stress our systems to the breaking point, then sure a CPU can reach its thermal limits. But did you see the OPs temps! And running a benchmark program is NOT normal operation anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 696482, member: 59833"] :( Like most blanket statements, that's just not true. My cooling pad easily and significantly lowers the temps on my Toshiba A505. If your notebook does not have any vents on the bottom, a cooling pad may not help. But many notebooks do have vents on the bottom, or a large metal shield/heatsink plate just under the plastic case where air movement from a cooling pad can help extract heat from the notebook. On the other hand, another advantage of a cooling pad is it provides a solid, flat surface to sit the notebook on. This allows the notebook to sit on its feet so air can circulate underneath compared to letting the notebook "snuggle" in the covers of a bed, the carpet, or even your lap. So we are going on "IFs" now? :( I can think of a million "what ifs" to come up with exceptions. But exceptions don't make the rule. "IF" the TIM (thermal interface material) was applied wrong, the problem would have been there from the start, and likely would overheat even when idle. FTR TIM does not wear out and can easily last 10, 15 years or even longer [U]AS LONG AS[/U] the cured bond between the mating surfaces is not broken due to physical abuse or heatsink removal. Even if the TIM dries out, the the solids that remain behind are still filling the microscopic pits and valleys in mating surfaces thus preventing insulating air from getting in. The [U]ONLY[/U] reason TIM is liquidfied in the first place is so you can squeeze it out of the tube and spread it out evenly. If you had to reapply TIM 5 or 6 times, you were doing it wrong or using bad stuff in the first place. "IF" you run a benchmark program that is designed to stress our systems to the breaking point, then sure a CPU can reach its thermal limits. But did you see the OPs temps! And running a benchmark program is NOT normal operation anyway. [/QUOTE]

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