Can hot summer weather temperature damage the laptop?

Hello I would like to know is if you were using the laptop while it is placed in the bedroom and the room was very warm(maybe above the average room temperature by 10-20C) because of Hot weather and windows are closed/doors plus not gaming but just watching videos.


I'm a bit worried about using the laptop during summer since it is roasting and my question is Could this damage the laptop or the components or the battery? I don't know about room temperature but I'm sure summer heat will cause it to rise.

 

Yes an no. The cooling should speed up the fan to cope with higher temperatures and not let it too high though monitoring this yourself does not hurt. Make sure the vents are clean and you should be good.

Yes because higher temps cause more damage to electronics over time but that's just life really.

 

It can but it's not something to worry about unless your CPU/GPU goes like 95c+ under load.

Clean the vents and/or invest in a laptop cooler if you can.

 

Humidity can also cause early laptop failure as well so a lot will depend on what exactly the environments it is operating in and whether that hot or hot/humid which will do more damage to electrical components then the hot but both will equally shorten the lifespan of the laptop. So are we just talking about summer hot or summer/humid hot??? But get hot enough and the laptop will certainly tell you it is getting hot.

 

Will it catch fire and blow up? Unlikely. However, just like any other machine that runs hot, the heat will place extra stress and wear and tear on your device.

Heat, is your electronic device's biggest enemy. So keep it cool and keep in longer.

 

So long as you're not gaming while outside on a hot day, your laptop will be fine. Worse that could happen is that the CPU or GPU shuts down and the laptop turns off to protect itself from damage.

But for "normal" activities (Internet, Office, watching videos, music, etc), there won't be a problem. I use my laptops outside in 90-95 deg F temperatures, I have no issue using either of my laptops. I even play Minecraft on my W520 outside sometimes.

 

Yeah but during these days UK is becoming a bit more hot don't you think ?

Thanks but I was wondering if its okay to use the laptop such as web browsing,watching/streaming movies/video during summer time in my room(will be placed on a desk) but just worried about summer heat +room temperature on the laptop

 

90F outdoor temp won't matter much considering the laptop itself can run into 90C (180F+) anyhow. What you DON'T want to do is leave the laptop in your car in direct sunlight.

 

The cooler, the better - always.

Invest in a notebook cooler (I recommend Zalman)

See:
Zalman ZM-NC2000 Notebook Cooler, Black at Memory Express


Don't use the system on your lap (desktop use noted ).

Download coretemp and monitor your temps during various workloads (with/without the notebook cooler...) and if they are much higher than 80 C (sustained...), then I would be using an external fan to blow across the notebook in addition to the notebook cooler...

See:
Core Temp


Hope this helps.

Good luck.

 

another tip. remove the battery if your running on mains power. heat is a batterys worst enemy and leaving it connected in a very hot room wont help.

the uk hasnt had a hot spell like this for years. normally our summer lasts about 4-5 days then it rains. 2 weeks and counting is defo not the norm and most prob the start of armagedon. but while we wait for the end of days turning of the lappy or putting it to sleep will help while you are not using it.

also lots of monitoring software in sig below.

time for a ice lolly me thinks

 

If it's already 90F (32C) outside, and you're sitting at a table outside while also being in direct sunlight... yea, it'll probably hit thermal shutdown pretty quickly if you stress it in any way. It shouldn't hurt it, though, unless you leave it in your car where temps reach 140F+ in under 20 minutes in the summer.

 

In so Flo we get heat and humidity in the 90s. Don't hurt my computer none.

 

slightly off topic
i will swop our heat for florida heat any day. why do you think so many of us brits travel there every year
even with your humidity being high your heat is a dry heat. here its the opposite, you sweat ya nutz off and its a very damp sticky heat which is horrible especially for people like me with arthritis.
winter and rain suffer bad
winter dry ok
summer mild ok
summer hot suffer bad
i get on the plane aching all over and 10 hours later get off the plane and have 2 weeks almost free of pain.

 

Actually, the dry heat would be the west coast of the U.S. Florida is that sticky sweating bullets heat.

Wow, I guess the grass truly is greener then?

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not the whole battery myth again! Leave battery installed.

 

I disagree. Although the advantage would be very small and likely not worth the effort.