Hot day damaged my computer?

It is particularly hot at the moment, where I am. And I was silly enough to go to sleep with my laptop plugged in with the screen down (not in sleep mode), albeit in power saver mode. When i opened it up just before, the machine was very hot and the screen wasn't displaying anything. I force restarted (holding the power button) and it booted vista, but the visual transparency setting had been turned off randomly, for some reason.

I was afraid I had broken something so I did a PCMark 05 Test, it scored 5400 when I normally get 6100. So i closed more programs and ran it again, now it got 3600 marks...

I have recently reinstalled vista, and have not run any benchmarks since this, only before.

Could my laptop be damaged by heat?

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It could... but it takes a lot of heat. A lot more than what you just did. Make sure you didn't make your "closing the lid" do anything to turn off the display.

I do know that leaving it on in a backpack, then taking in out after 30 minutes does make the laptop feel really hot, but it still functions perfectly and no damage is done. The key thing is air.

Now if you stuck it under your covers on your bed... thats not a good thing since there is definitely no ventilation and I can imagine if you slept... it may damage it.

 

Man, I've been building/messing with computers for over a decade.

You didn't damage anything unless something melted, or caught fire. I've done both

 

Yipes! That can't be good. I hope it was unintentional. :/

 

Im scared now, im getting a dv5 today. And were in the middle of a heatwave in south australia. Yesterday the temperature was a 70 year high, at 45.5 degrees. I seriously almost died on the bus since the retard bus driver didnt turn the air con on and i had breath in real deep like every 30 seconds.

I think ill put a strip of wood or plastic under the back of the laptop to help circulate the air.

 

A notebook cooler might be better, or just point your electric fan at it on full blast.

 

That works too, the important thing is to keep it in an area that is well ventilated. Cooler is just an assist.

 

Ah, yes well I am also ina heatwave, so i was quite scared too. My laptop back is propped up though, it was when it had the lid shut. HOWEVER it is an M1530, and u pretty much HAVE to prop them up...

 

I have a similar concern. I had my laptop in its case, turned off, in a metal locker at work. When I came to work one day they had been having problems with the heating system in the building, and my office was very hot, probably about 100 F. I don't know how long the office had been that hot, but possibly all night. The locker may have gotten even hotter, since it's near the radiator.

When I took my laptop out of its case, it was very warm to the touch. I stupidly turned it on and began using it while it was still warm, in the hot room (although I had opened the window and the room was starting to cool down). I read afterward that it should only be operated in an environment up to 95 F. Now I'm worried that I might have damaged it, although it seems to be working fine. How can I tell if any damage was done? The laptop is a Dell XPS 1530. (This all happened a few days ago.)

Would it be worthwhile to have it inspected to see if any damage was done? Or would it be better just to continue using it and see if any problems pop up?

 

Continue using it and see if any damage pops up. Just a small reminder in case you didn't know, sleeping the computer does not mean turn off. Hibernate or Shutdown is actually turning it off. If you sleep your laptop and put it in your backpack, heat will build up!