A customer swore by putting their overheating laptop in the fridge for five minutes and I thought they were nuts

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My old Dell used to get so hot it could cook an egg. I just propped it up on some bottle caps for better air flow. Is a laptop getting warm really that big of a deal to risk water damage from condensation?

anderson.taylor1mo ago

Used to think the same until my last laptop's motherboard fried from heat. Condensation is a maybe, but heat damage is a sure thing.

robinp8918d ago

Yeah I read this article from a tech blog that said laptops can hit 95°C inside while gaming, and that's way past safe limits for the components. Condensation risk seems worth it compared to that kind of heat damage!

jake7471mo ago

Putting electronics in the fridge is just asking for trouble. Condensation can form inside the machine when it warms back up, and that water will wreck the circuits. A few bottle caps for airflow is a way better idea than a trip to the freezer.