[ahurka]

Hi. I currently have a Macbook Air and when I play Minecraft or basically any other game, it starts to overheat. I have been dealing with this for the past year, but I am starting to worry that it will eventually break my computer. Is there any way that i can limit the amount of heating in the computer. I have tried things like playing in the small screen and using less effects, but it doesn't seem to help that much. I am taking any suggestions. Thanks.

[Skelleton123]

Save up for a new or better PC. It will help!

-Skelly-

[Mrs Diss]

lots of laptops have trouble overheating when playing games or doing other tasks.

things which can help: lowering demands on the computer, e.g. reducing animations, particles, frames per second

ensuring proper ventilation: your laptop should sit on a hard flat surface, such as a table or desk, which permits airflow on all sides of it. pillows, blankets, or indeed your lap prevent proper cooling (also laptops on laps can slow-cook your legs, decidedly unhealthy)

optionally have an actively ventilated surface for it: i've got a thingy, lapdesk or suchlike, which includes 2 fans run from the usb plug. it gives me a few crucial degrees extra cooling

turn off any and all other applications running on your laptop, including things which you always have running in the background and forget about


beyond that there isn't very much you can do. small laptops like the macbook air are not really designed for processor intensive applications like 3d games, the air in particular is prone to becoming quite hot.

[Klabauterman]

as far as i remember there was no fan controlling in macs since today.

But there r applications that emulate the control and directly control your fans in regards to the actuall temperatur.

May u wanna check out this.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrol

also pls make sure that all fans are working and the air can circulate in the device. Please check if all ventilation slots are clean as well.

to support your laptops cooling i recommand a cooling pad.
these are avavilible for 20 bugs or less, but they can increase your performance!

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have a nice day !

[Wodong77]

I hesitate to mention this, and it’s **at your own risk I assume no responsibility** but I’ve successfully cracked open (read: very carefully found and removed all the screws and very gently pried open) the case on my laptops and cleaned the gunk out of the fans and exhaust ports with tweezers, a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol, and cotton swabs on sticks. Worked very well to renew the laptop’s lease on use life.

[_edo]

Apart from reducing the graphics quality of mc, you might also want to limit the maximum fps rate in minecraft. If you only reduce the graphics quality the application might still just use all the cpu power it can get by maxing out its fps.