overheating laptop when running cpu emulator

2006-03-27 Thread Joe Talbott
Hi, My laptop (HP nc8000) overheats (85-100F) when running cpu simulators like bochs and simulavr. I guess this is a hardware problem but wanted to rule out any misconfigurations on my part or software issues that may be related. The laptop doesn't overheat during buildworlds though this isn't

Re: overheating laptop when running cpu emulator

2006-03-27 Thread Jake Maciejewski
Do you have the laptop resting on a flat surface? My University used Compaq and HP laptops (I have an n800w), and the solution to overheating that I always heard from fellow students was to not leave the laptop on flat surfaces. They'd prop laptops up with all sorts of things like erasers,

Re: overheating laptop when running cpu emulator

2006-03-27 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2006-03-27 20:34, Jake Maciejewski wrote: Do you have the laptop resting on a flat surface? My University used Compaq and HP laptops (I have an n800w), and the solution to overheating that I always heard from fellow students was to not leave the laptop on flat surfaces. They'd prop laptops up