play games on Laptops for long hours damage it?

[whey]

I'm just curious, will play games on laptops for 6 hours damage the laptop in anyway?

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[Amourek]

If it's defective, yes.

[will1087]

As a general rule of thumb, if the fan is on the highest speed for a long time, thats not a good sign. A laptop has really poor cooling and isnt intended to be used at full loads for a long time (assuming ur not playing minesweeper). That being said, the computer is made of semiconducters that need a certain heat to operate at without frying (literally). If you're playing games for a long time it means that the semi conducters are exposed to heat, higher than optimal, for a while. Slowly ur chips deteriorate which is bad.

P.s. take my info with a grain of salt cuz im not expert.

[CSR]

Better stick with a desk top

[ChinpokoMon]

Isn't the design inherently defective then? It's like saying I can't drive my car for 6 hours straight because the engine will overheat.

[jedijome]

actually i've fried a thinkpad t40 and t42 after using them allnight at lan parties. i think its usually the videocard that kicks it. i'm pretty sure that the allnight gaming is what did it, since both times it died right after. if you're going to use it for extended gaming, give it a break ever half an hour for at least 10 minutes. also put the laptop on something metallic if possible, not sure if that'll help but i suppose it'll make a big heatsink and suck heat away from the bottom.

[Trajectory]

I've been playing battlefield 2 (and countless other games) on my Asus M6Ne since the game was released.(My desktop was sold cause i'm moving) I play for hours on ends... which doesn't really give the lappy any breaks.(except maybe when the map is loading) Using the lappy's keyboard and a logitech mx1000... its quite playable. P-M 1.5 banias undervolted to 1.292v @ 1.5 gives a max temp of 57C, that's with the MR9700 o/c'ed to 450/500 too. It's been 100% stable. I've had it since... last July...

My point is... if the lappy is well designed, it should be able to handle anything you throw at it. (note: author does not recommend throwing, or throwing things at, a lappy. :cheesygri )

~T~

[i6s1]

Isn't the design inherently defective then? It's like saying I can't drive my car for 6 hours straight because the engine will overheat.

It's more like saying you shouldn't drive it at 6000RPM for 6 hours, and if you do, expect it to fail sooner.

[D.NGUYEN]

Uhh, putting it on something metallic would be horrible, imagine a hot laptop sitting on top of a piece of metal continually getting hotter....a lot of heat would be produced. Best thing to do is buy a laptop cooler, will greatly reduce heat. I have one, fans really help, laptop stays cool throughout.

actually i've fried a thinkpad t40 and t42 after using them allnight at lan parties. i think its usually the videocard that kicks it. i'm pretty sure that the allnight gaming is what did it, since both times it died right after. if you're going to use it for extended gaming, give it a break ever half an hour for at least 10 minutes. also put the laptop on something metallic if possible, not sure if that'll help but i suppose it'll make a big heatsink and suck heat away from the bottom.

[jedijome]

Uhh, putting it on something metallic would be horrible, imagine a hot laptop sitting on top of a piece of metal continually getting hotter....a lot of heat would be produced. Best thing to do is buy a laptop cooler, will greatly reduce heat. I have one, fans really help, laptop stays cool throughout.

seriously dude are you on crack? putting it on a metal surface would be better than nothing.

i mean think about it for a second, wouldnt the metal be better than say your lap or a wooden desk which are pure insulators? now applying basic physics, isnt metal a good conductor of heat would suck away the heat from the base of the laptop and then dissipate it much better than say a insulator. it works like a giant passively cooled heatsink, not a very effective one, but its better than nothing right?

i wonder how its a horrible idea. :lol:

[v00d00]

If the metal surface is heating up, then it's doing a good job conducting the heat away from the machine.

Think of how hot an automobiles radiator gets.. does that mean it in itself is making the engine hotter?

[jedijome]

or the heatsink on your cpu, which essentiallt is the same thing. :lol:

"oh noes, i must take my metal heatsink off...its heating up my cpu." :lol:

[Starcraftjunkie]

Just exactly how do you undervolt the chip? I don't see any options in the bios and I use a M6N myself.

I've been playing battlefield 2 (and countless other games) on my Asus M6Ne since the game was released.(My desktop was sold cause i'm moving) I play for hours on ends... which doesn't really give the lappy any breaks.(except maybe when the map is loading) Using the lappy's keyboard and a logitech mx1000... its quite playable. P-M 1.5 banias undervolted to 1.292v @ 1.5 gives a max temp of 57C, that's with the MR9700 o/c'ed to 450/500 too. It's been 100% stable. I've had it since... last July...

My point is... if the lappy is well designed, it should be able to handle anything you throw at it. (note: author does not recommend throwing, or throwing things at, a lappy. :cheesygri )

~T~

[NLI10D]

doing it every once in a while it'll be fine, do it often enough, at the very least you will need new battery. after awhile you will notice your battery not holding charge as it used then, then a little more time, ur battery wont be able to sustain charge at all.