I caved
By Felicia Kane
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
Peoria, Arizona
April 2, 2018 6:13pm CST
I myself don't really care that I am hot. I can have a fan on me and sweating, but I don't care. I will be uncomfortable but I will just deal with it.
But my computer has been super slow during the day when I work and it is super annoying. I use my computer for everything I do. Drawing and working on mturk. And then it takes almost a minute to load a webpage, that is almost as bad as dial-up and I was just not having it.
And my computer was constantly freezing and that isn't fun when I am working on a drawing and then I cannot save the drawing because my computer froze before I could save it.
Also my phone was so hot to touch. I would be barely using my phone and my hands would be turning red because they were being burned by my phone.
So to save the life of my electronics because they are what I use to work on, I turned on my window cooler unit.
I don't have central air, we have window coolers. Which they work, (most of the time) on humid days they get a little picky.
But I needed it, not for myself but for my electronics. Everything is all cool.
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12 responses
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
I use to have coolers, but they just don't work well enough. So I just try and not use it during the peak hours of it being hot.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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13 Apr 18
@DesirousDreamer My laptop on wooden supports still complains a bit on extremely hot days. I often either turn on a fan, some aircon, or just turn off the laptop and let it rest.
@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
12 Apr 18
@DesirousDreamer The vent collects dust, it is inside that it is dusty. I open my computer and remove the dust from the vents every 3 months.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
It is a laptop, it isn't dusty. It is just heat, when a room is like over 90 degrees eletronics get grumpy.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
3 Apr 18
It is really not good for your computer to get hot, no wonder it is acting up. Try to keep it cool please, it would be a shame if it blew.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
Doing my best. Can't really control the temperature other than turning on a cooler.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
I try my best to avoid that.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
They really do and it doesn't help when the room itself is very hot haha
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@thislittlepennyearns (62529)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
5 Apr 18
Have you looked at the little laptop cooling fans?
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
I have and they don't work because they cannot keep up with how hot it gets in my room.
@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 Apr 18
If your computer gets too hot it could close down, is there anything around your computer making it warm not letting air to get to it?
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
Yeah it is called the air being 90+ degrees haha I have had coolers and the fans are not fast because it gets so hot in my room.
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
14 Apr 18
I can't stand a hot room. I have my desk right under a ceiling fan, and have a little fan on my desk. I also live in Florida so the air is on a lot. My pc was overheating so i got a pc fan (i think it cost around $15. which helped also. My old phone got very hot like you describe, but mine was due to it's battery so i had to get a new phone. This one is fine.
@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
15 Apr 18
@DesirousDreamer I just hate the electric bill. We have central air.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
14 Apr 18
I always wanted to have a ceiling fan, but we never did it. I have a mini fan but since I am working on my bed it isn't the best to work with. But the AC has been doing amazing
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
16 Apr 18
@Debscrochet We do all we can to keep the electric bill low. especially since the company raised the set price before even the usage. It is so dumb.
@moffittjc (121589)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Apr 18
Nothing kills electronics faster than heat. When it comes to our gadgets, the colder they are the better. I'm like you, I don't mind being hot, but it bothers me when my laptop and phone start heating up from being in such a warm environment. It's too bad they haven't invented mini air-conditioning systems that will circulate cold air through our gadgets, similar to how central air conditioning circulates cold air through our houses. Not that would be cool! (pun intended lol)
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
Oh my god they so should! I'm glad you understand haha!
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
14 Apr 18
@moffittjc Oh my gosh that is insane! It is like you are in a meat freezer or something haha
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@moffittjc (121589)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Apr 18
@DesirousDreamer After being in my office most of the day, it takes me about an hour to thaw out when I go outside. Every day people ask me why I am wearing a jacket when it is so hot outside. They laugh when I tell them the reason why, but then when they stop by and visit my office they finally understand what I'm talking about! And yes, it really is as cold as a meat freezer!
@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Apr 18
I'm glad you got your phone and computer cooled off and I hope running better.
@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
3 Apr 18
Glad the window cooler could make things better.
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
3 Apr 18
Those signs that your computer is giving are not good ones that could blow up your cpu and even the battery inside your phone could swell up.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
12 Apr 18
It isn't that at all. It is just the temperature. I know the difference between over heating and heating up. Over heating is bad. Heating up is bad but it isn't the system's fault, it just needs to be in a cooled enviroment.
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