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    Any Overheating problems with Athalon?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lbishop, Sep 16, 2004.

  1. lbishop

    lbishop Newbie

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    I'm thinking of buying an Acer Aspire Portable 1356 AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 2800+ and have heard that there could be overheating problems with this cpu in a notebook. Has anyone had any experience with this notebook? Thanks
     
    lbishop, Sep 16, 2004
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  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Most CPU's don't overheat unless the intake vents are blocked or the fan fails. Normally, the notebook will usually get pretty warm to hot. This is expected from most AMD & P4 CPU's. The Pentium M models will give you the coolest running units in the market. Also, the units that don't have the Pentium M CPU's also have a shorter battery runtime, since the CPU's require more power to operate and also to keep cool.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Sep 17, 2004
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    asp06 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just remind you that the model has Athlon mobile processor which is much "cooler" than desktop one and even a bit cooler than P4-M. So, it should not be a big problem. At least I have not seen any messages about overheating Athlon XP-M.
     
    asp06, Sep 17, 2004
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