Leaving the laptop on inside the case...

[PwnagePanda]

At what point do you feel that overheating will become a problem with a laptop in a protective case?

Of course G2 [off] is safe and I'm fairly certain that S4 will be safe because it's using almost no power, but should I worry about leaving the laptop in S3 or maybe even idle while in it's case? (for no more than an 15 minutes).

Sony Viao FZ series VGN-FZ190 CTO
Product: R1NBSU07-LBOM
Component: 802.11a\b\g\n with BT
Component: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Component: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT
Component: 15.4" WXGA (HC) W/CMR
Component: Combo (CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive)
Component: 100 GB Hard Disk Drive
Component: 2 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-667MHz, 1 GBx2)
Component: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 / 2.0 GHz

 

[Nick]

my friend did that and it burnt out the laptop

 

[PwnagePanda]

In which state?

 

[AtomicAudio]

did that with my acer 3620... went blue screen then did system check up of C drive.... accidentally turned on in my bookbag... was on standby and i suppose a key was pressured.

it was VERY VERY hot. the most i've seen it go was at 205* doing maximum sitting on a bed. which was just a test.

 

[Nick]

you should have your laptop open when its on and in an open area so it can breath

 

[PwnagePanda]

Of course but I was looking for more of a defacto response

 

[Kubel]

When I was at college, I would close the lid (idle) and throw my laptop in my backpack during session breaks or if I had to go to the bathroom or walk to another class (5-20 minutes). It survived and didn't even get warm.

I think it all depends on how hot your system runs normally. My V2000Z (Sempron-M, integrated graphics) ran very cool even under heavy load.

I once threw a Pentium-4 (Northwood desktop) ZE5170 notebook under my blanket to try to activate the high fan speed setting (just to see how loud it would get). I eventually forgot about it for about 45 minutes. When I removed it, it was toasty, but it didn't die.

Unless your laptop is under load or running a game or something, it should be able to last 15 minutes with poor air circulation without a problem. But of course, that all depends how hot it runs normally.

 

[PwnagePanda]

Thanks Kubel, that's pretty much what I expected so I'm satisfied (lol)

 

[Nick]

what?? so what i said wasnt good enough

 

[PwnagePanda]

Of course not! Naw I'm just kidding all of the posts together gave me an idea of what to expect, thanks everyone.