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    HP EliteBook 8470p gets extremely hot with lid closed on battery

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by slnotebook, Jun 18, 2014.

  1. slnotebook

    slnotebook Notebook Consultant

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    Today I had my 8470p powered on in the docking station at work with the lid closed. I usually tell Windows 7 to hibernate before I undock it, but today I just undocked the laptop without telling it to hibernate, and put it into my laptop bag and went home. Note that in my Windows 7 power options, I have the "Lid closed action on battery" setting to "Do nothing". A few hours later, when I took the laptop out of the bag, it was running EXTREMELY hot. I plugged in the power cable and the laptop started cooling down as I used it with the lid open. Any idea why the laptop would become so hot while running on the battery with the lid closed?
     
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  2. xchipx

    xchipx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Perhaps the display didn't go off which causes some heat but its more than likely the fact that it was inside a bag which doesn't allow the hot air from the machine to escape.
     
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