Pavilions tend to get very hot especially when running CPU & GPU intensive tasksbut the cooling system is capable of dissipating that heat as long as you do not interfere with it.
Some folks tend to inadvertently cover the air intake vent at the bottom - left of the machine with their laps (or blankets when in bed), defeating the pavilion's cooling system.
The machine then powers off when the CPU gets to circa 80°C (max 95°C) to prevent damage.
This sequence of events tends to panic customers, thinking that their machine is substandard, they start fuelling myths like the "3 to 4 hour a day usage allowance" or the "processor fusing onto a motherboard" ← lol Really? at 95°C?
I've played GTA4 and Ghostbusters on the machine for up to 6 hours constant. Those titles cause the laptop to turn into a furnace but the heat generated is within manageable levels JUST AS LONG AS THE COOLING SYSTEM IS NOT INTERFERED WITH
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Most of that comes from Bad Judgement.
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2011/10/28 Phares Kariuki
<pkariuki@gmail.com>
The trouble with line extension. HP/Dell etc have way too many laptop iterations. Each having it's own complications/supply chain constraints etc... That's where the challenge is. They need to stop trying to please everyone and simplify their laptop offerings, which will actually drive down cost (simpler form factor added to increased mass will ensure better negotiation with suppliers, reducing prices further). Apple basically has 5 laptop variants, and they are slowly outselling the rest (MacBook Air 11, 13, MBP, 13,15,17). The basic form factor of the MacBook pro is largely unchanged over the last two years!
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