Laptop Cooling

[RoffleCopter]

Hey people,

I just set up a laptop (a ThinkPad R60 my school gave me ) for F@H. Right now it's only using 100% of 1 core, which shows as 50% on task manager.

I have never left my laptop on through the night, so leaving it on pretty much 24/7 while crunching proteins makes me a bit nervous. Are there any precautions I can take to keep it as cool as possible? Right now it's on a wide open area (glass coffee table) with a/c on and off.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Celerator]

With my folding lappy, I have found that raising it off the table surface a small amount allows for much better air circulation to the cooling fans.
What I hear (or don't hear) is the fan(s) going crazy when raised. I have used a couple of pencils, placed so as not to block fan openings.
I have not checked temps, but the lower fan action tells me it works.

Fold on!

 

[Kendrak]

I's set up a 2nd client, but set both to 80% of CPU. I best colling will be same/better but you will get more points and do more science

and getting it off the desk is a good idea

 

[Wheresatom]

I's set up a 2nd client, but set both to 80% of CPU. I best colling will be same/better but you will get more points and do more science

and getting it of the desk is a good idea

This really is your best option to maximize your points per day. Placing another client in another folder will allow you to use both cores at 100% or, like Kendrak advised both cores at 80%. That 20% reduction will decrease your heat more than you realize. 2 clients will maximize folding.

I used to set a book under the back of my laptop. I liked the angle it put on everything too.

 

[RoffleCopter]

The air vents are on the back and side of my laptop.

Would raising it off the desk make any difference in cooling?

 

[Majic]

Yes those are exhaust vents! Intakes are normally on the bottom and maybe under the keybord. I generally use the 2 tops for the 16oz size soda bottles to raise up the back of my laptop. Helps a great deal and I fold 24/7 360 with my laptop.

 

[Parja]

To maximize your points, you might want to try running the SMP client. I'm not entirely sure if it will meet deadlines only Folding at ~80% per core, but if it does, you'll get a lot more points than with 2 of the standard client.