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Why does my laptop gets extremely hot when battery is in and an intensive task is running?

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Mar 15, 20268648 views
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I've run into this issue already, where when the battery is in and I'm running Folding@Home or other extremely CPU intensive tasks a temperature monitor reports temperatures up to 200°F/92°C. Obviously running a laptop that high isn't recommended, but the only fix I could come up with is removing t…

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Fix for: Why does my laptop gets extremely hot when battery is in and an intensive task is running?

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You are likely to be using the thinkpad 65W charger which limits the possible speed Thinkpad does NOT run at the highest possible speed when you are using a 65W charger alone, without battery plugged in. It would run at full speed if you are using t…

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