I plan on queuing up a few (~5) DVDs in HandBrake to encode for the night. My 2.4 GHz Penryn has never gone above 80C while encoding a single file that takes 35-40 minutes. I live in a dorm room and we crank down the thermostat to around 60-65F before we hit the hay. Although I shouldn't have to question the reliability of my $2000+ laptop, the heat (and some of the threads I read here) really irk me. Should I be fine letting it run over night?
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Running HandBrake all night, good to go?
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I've been leaving mine running all day & night for the last few weeks.
It gets hot but it's not about to melt. I don't know why people are constantly posting temps of their computers. The computer knows how hot it is so it can do something about it!!
It gets hot but it's not about to melt. I don't know why people are constantly posting temps of their computers. The computer knows how hot it is so it can do something about it!!
" plan on queuing up a few (~5) DVDs "
By the way, how do you queue up more than one DVD? Do you have some sort of Heath Robinson DVD changer?
By the way, how do you queue up more than one DVD? Do you have some sort of Heath Robinson DVD changer?