Gary Sinnott wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:02:31 -0500, "Louie T Lizard" <louie@nonya.com>
wrote:

Just received a Dell Inspiron 7000, 333Mhz, 64 MB RAM, WinXP Pro.  Installed
SETI, SETI Spy & SETI Driver.  Noticed after running SETI for a few minutes,
processor fan came on.  I realize that this is probably normal, as SETI is
processor intensive, but could I damage this laptop running SETI 24/7?
Anyone have any tips for running SETI on laptop?  Should I RAMDisk?  Thanks
for replies.

Louie
Gainesville, FL

<SNIP>

I've had the NT client & SETI Driver running on my laptop for over 2
years now - the only thing I've had to be careull about is that the
heat output from the CPU doesn't end up scorching the desktop :)

Gary

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Same here on a P4 2.4GHz laptop.
If you really want to expand the lifetime of your laptop you can always put a large (90-120mm) fan in front of the INTAKE and let it blow fresh air towards it. Or you can take one of those ready to use systems that plug in to an usb port (assuming you have one).

I just set my coffee next to the exhaust, really takes up the heat :P

Mark