Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jul 19, 2023

Another "Aha!" moment:

I have two 4k monitors and a 1080p monitor connected to my Lenovo laptop, plus a camlink pro 4k. I had been having an issue where occasionally, the computer would lose its mind - hanging, stuttering audio, and apps crashing, etc. I assumed I was pushing the USB bus a bit too hard - after disconnecting the camlink, things would settle down after a few minutes. The problems were 100% repeatable, on two different laptops.

Turns out the problem is heat. I pointed a desktop fan on the laptop and have had zero problems since. The laptops are overall more responsive, too.

Show threadSimon Zerafa

@jerry

So you have the laptop on a stand to help with ventilation?

If not then I remind this type:

https://amzn.eu/d/gvMLIJ2

It keeps the laptop screen up higher so it can be more ergonomicly arranged and keep the laptop better ventilated
🙂

Amazon.co.uk

Jul 19, 2023 at 4:03pmWeb
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Jul 19, 2023
@simonzerafa I have them set up in a way that they stay closed like this. They are plumbed to 43” monitors mounted on the wall
Show threadVertanaJul 19, 2023
@jerry @simonzerafa Thinkpads. And it all makes sense. Always used to have problems with that brand with things like poor thermal design, poor soldering, etc.
Show threadDavid A. Pirata Informático Jul 19, 2023
@jerry @simonzerafa This makes lots of sense. I used to run my laptops in a similar stand, but had some heat issues. My laptop screen folds to 180 degrees and it being open prevents that problem.
Show threadSimon ZerafaJul 19, 2023

@jerry

This is my wife's setup (which needs a good tidy ☺️)

That's a 27" Dell monitor connected via HDMI so the laptop screen is used as a status display and other uses.

The A frame stand is adjustable for hight and angle and allows for good airflow for the Lenovo laptop 🙂🤷‍♂️

Show threadAlister BulmanJul 19, 2023
@simonzerafa @jerry Yep, I had a P53 Thinkpad that lived perfectly happily (other than AV scans every morning, when it tried to take off) on a stand like that, and plugged into a large monitor
Show threadMichael Potts (HMHackMaster)Jul 19, 2023

@jerry
I have my work Lenovo in a stand like yours and my CPU started to thermal throttle.
It's stupid that Windows doesn't report this in a useful manner, so in the absence of a 3rd party monitoring utility I resort to just checking the CPU clock. If it's the CPU that's overheating, it will underclock in a very obvious way.

Never had a GPU thermal throttle but I assume it's similar.

Other components can overheat of course (shoutout Microsoft Surface) that don't show there. @simonzerafa