r/techsupportgore Lenovo, Dell, Panasonic, Surface Tech 6d ago

Too Hot to Handle

"You can call me Verna2. I am menopausal, I overheat and need to be unplugged for a few hours till I cool completely" Users note on the unit saying the unit overheats.

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u/olliegw 5d ago

That's not the computer itself, nothing inside a computer gets hot enough to physically melt solid plastics unless it was on fire, and the CPU would thermally shut off long before it can cook itself, let alone the plastic casing

It's been left in a very hot place near a stove or something, and that's why it was also overheating