Is there a way to reduce performance once a temperature threshold is reached

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My laptop (Toshiba Satellite L655 - 1e8) overheats (and shuts down). Often. I was wondering if there is a way to reduce performance once the temperature reaches a certain threshold.

Thanks!

P.S. I'm not doing anything very resource-intensive... It sometimes overheats while just watching a flash video on chromium. Anything more and its practically guaranteed to happen after a while. I did clean the fan, but perhaps not well enough.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '13 at 02:55

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The hardware is supposed to do this if it absolutely must, and is really not supposed to overheat in the first place. If it does then it is defective and you should complain to the manufacturer and return it for a refund if you still can.

answered Dec 14 '13 at 02:55

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Is there a way to reduce performance once a temperature threshold is reached

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