Mining on laptop safe if fan is 67% and temps under 70c?

[Newminer27]

I made a post a while ago about how I was using my gaming desktop (GTX 1080) and laptop (GTX 1060) to mine, and was strongly advised against mining on the laptop. They said, if the fan was at 100% or close it wont last long. I stopped mining on my laptop for a little but now that I found a program that allows you to adjust fan speed on laptops (msi afterburner did not allow me to do so nor did it show the fan speed at all) (the program is called silent option fyi i believe it is only for MSI laptops tho) anyways, Im able to run my gpu at a minimum 67% fan speed while mining and still getting 68-70c temps. Also I will probably sell this laptop soon anyway as I really never use it for gaming (why would I when i have a kickass desktop lol) and id rather get a smaller more battery efficient laptop... and maybe another gpu for my new mining rig with the extra haha. I feel like the laptop will probably be fine for like a couple months max of mining before I get rid of it.

[adaseb]

If you are going to do this at least remove your laptop battery so it doesn't explode.

[JaredKaragen]

If you are going to do this at least remove your laptop battery so it doesn't explode.

>9000+



But;  remember, with that increased fan speed comes increased dust buildup/contamination.  When that thing begins to overheat, it will do it in a very catastrophic way.

Laptops don't deal well with heatsoak.

Miner apps saturate the GPU/CPU more than the most intensive games out there, so you will be pushing the machine into a realm that it was not designed to deal with.


Its always heavily discouraged to mine with a laptop unless its a pile of junk.

What I do is strip them of all of their housings, and have them sitting in a well ventilated place to live out the last of its days mining some CPU algo or GPU algo if applicable as well....  But I stopped doing that ~2+ years ago.

[Newminer27]

If you are going to do this at least remove your laptop battery so it doesn't explode.

lol. non removable battery fam. the fans are actually quiet tbh. im impressed with this laptops cooling, good temps and low noise. like i said im selling it soon anyway tho, i dont think itll shit the bed in a month or two.

[JaredKaragen]

If you are going to do this at least remove your laptop battery so it doesn't explode.

lol. non removable battery fam. the fans are actually quiet tbh. im impressed with this laptops cooling, good temps and low noise. like i said im selling it soon anyway tho, i dont think itll shit the bed in a month or two.

not worth the risk.


Look up LiPo/LiFePo battery failures....   totally not worth the risk if you can't separate the battery.

If the laptop is a "compact" or "slim" model;  seriously they are NOT meant to be runn at full-bore;  so not worth it unless the thing is to be junked right now;  then, its worth it; cause you can remove all the housings to add more cooling capability, and as well remove that battery which *can* be removed.

you are compromising by saying the battery can't be removed....   100% not a good idea for safety sake on that notion alone.

[jillscarbrough]

still, the laptop is not efficient if used for mining because when mining is not run 1,2 , 3 months but as much as possible running continuously. but for a trial, it doesn't matter because of is not my laptop.

[Lovecove]

I made a post a while ago about how I was using my gaming desktop (GTX 1080) and laptop (GTX 1060) to mine, and was strongly advised against mining on the laptop. They said, if the fan was at 100% or close it wont last long. I stopped mining on my laptop for a little but now that I found a program that allows you to adjust fan speed on laptops (msi afterburner did not allow me to do so nor did it show the fan speed at all) (the program is called silent option fyi i believe it is only for MSI laptops tho) anyways, Im able to run my gpu at a minimum 67% fan speed while mining and still getting 68-70c temps. Also I will probably sell this laptop soon anyway as I really never use it for gaming (why would I when i have a kickass desktop lol) and id rather get a smaller more battery efficient laptop... and maybe another gpu for my new mining rig with the extra haha. I feel like the laptop will probably be fine for like a couple months max of mining before I get rid of it.

If you really want to continue mining with your laptop, you can buy a laptop fan pad. I use one for my laptop because, like others have said, the dust builds up and suddenly your laptop can't cool itself unless you take it apart to clean out the dust.

Taking apart a laptop to clean the dust is not easy in the slightest. Google any youtube video... it requires taking apart the laptop piece by piece until everything is in pieces. That's how far away the GPU is from the most accessible slots. Then you have to apply thermal paste and a lot of hard work.

If you try to get a guy to clean it for you, it costs as much as a new laptop: $120.

But a laptop pad actually keeps the temperature down by 10 to 20 degrees. I've been able to mine with my laptop using it.

You can also just go full CPU mining with your laptop, which doesn't stress it out as much. Claymore has CPU mining that works with the newer alts out there. There's also an option that does low intensity cpu mining so that it doesn't cause as much heat.

[Turkish88]

Its not safe and not profitable, swith off you laptop

[jillscarbrough]

If you really want to continue mining with your laptop, you can buy a laptop fan pad. I use one for my laptop because, like others have said, the dust builds up and suddenly your laptop can't cool itself unless you take it apart to clean out the dust.

Taking apart a laptop to clean the dust is not easy in the slightest. Google any youtube video... it requires taking apart the laptop piece by piece until everything is in pieces. That's how far away the GPU is from the most accessible slots. Then you have to apply thermal paste and a lot of hard work.

If you try to get a guy to clean it for you, it costs as much as a new laptop: $120.

But a laptop pad actually keeps the temperature down by 10 to 20 degrees. I've been able to mine with my laptop using it.

You can also just go full CPU mining with your laptop, which doesn't stress it out as much. Claymore has CPU mining that works with the newer alts out there. There's also an option that does low intensity cpu mining so that it doesn't cause as much heat.

if you mining using your laptop, I have a bit questions:
1. how long have you been doing mining using a laptop?
2. how much your profit?
3. is your profit greater than your electricity cost?. if you have free electricity or your parent paying you the electricity bill.(skip this question).

[szafa]

Not mine on laptop pow.

[Lovecove]

If you really want to continue mining with your laptop, you can buy a laptop fan pad. I use one for my laptop because, like others have said, the dust builds up and suddenly your laptop can't cool itself unless you take it apart to clean out the dust.

Taking apart a laptop to clean the dust is not easy in the slightest. Google any youtube video... it requires taking apart the laptop piece by piece until everything is in pieces. That's how far away the GPU is from the most accessible slots. Then you have to apply thermal paste and a lot of hard work.

If you try to get a guy to clean it for you, it costs as much as a new laptop: $120.

But a laptop pad actually keeps the temperature down by 10 to 20 degrees. I've been able to mine with my laptop using it.

You can also just go full CPU mining with your laptop, which doesn't stress it out as much. Claymore has CPU mining that works with the newer alts out there. There's also an option that does low intensity cpu mining so that it doesn't cause as much heat.

if you mining using your laptop, I have a bit questions:
1. how long have you been doing mining using a laptop?
2. how much your profit?
3. is your profit greater than your electricity cost?. if you have free electricity or your parent paying you the electricity bill.(skip this question).

1. Only been mining with my laptop for a month.
2. Depends. If you're talking about current value, I'd say I'm slightly in the negative from electricity costs (and of course, this doesn't assume any wear and tear from the machinery). But we're in a bear market. If Bitcoin was 2x what it is now, mining with my laptop covers electricity costs and a little profit.
3. See 2. But then again, if i had solar panels or water power, then it would be pure profit. I'm pretty sure my laptop can last years if all it did was mine CPU.

[jillscarbrough]

if you mining using your laptop, I have a bit questions:
1. how long have you been doing mining using a laptop?
2. how much your profit?
3. is your profit greater than your electricity cost?. if you have free electricity or your parent paying you the electricity bill.(skip this question).

1. Only been mining with my laptop for a month.
2. Depends. If you're talking about current value, I'd say I'm slightly in the negative from electricity costs (and of course, this doesn't assume any wear and tear from the machinery). But we're in a bear market. If Bitcoin was 2x what it is now, mining with my laptop covers electricity costs and a little profit.
3. See 2. But then again, if i had solar panels or water power, then it would be pure profit. I'm pretty sure my laptop can last years if all it did was mine CPU.

Congratz dude,

[Lovecove]

if you mining using your laptop, I have a bit questions:
1. how long have you been doing mining using a laptop?
2. how much your profit?
3. is your profit greater than your electricity cost?. if you have free electricity or your parent paying you the electricity bill.(skip this question).

1. Only been mining with my laptop for a month.
2. Depends. If you're talking about current value, I'd say I'm slightly in the negative from electricity costs (and of course, this doesn't assume any wear and tear from the machinery). But we're in a bear market. If Bitcoin was 2x what it is now, mining with my laptop covers electricity costs and a little profit.
3. See 2. But then again, if i had solar panels or water power, then it would be pure profit. I'm pretty sure my laptop can last years if all it did was mine CPU.

Congratz dude,

Thanks, I guess? It's not much of an achievement. I'm not savvy on how mining goes, in truth.

I'm not sure if miners calculate their gains/losses by current market value, or if they calculate them based on the idealized bull market. In other words, miners might actually be profiting mining given the bear market prices.

[Tarantulo]

I made a post a while ago about how I was using my gaming desktop (GTX 1080) and laptop (GTX 1060) to mine, and was strongly advised against mining on the laptop. They said, if the fan was at 100% or close it wont last long. I stopped mining on my laptop for a little but now that I found a program that allows you to adjust fan speed on laptops (msi afterburner did not allow me to do so nor did it show the fan speed at all) (the program is called silent option fyi i believe it is only for MSI laptops tho) anyways, Im able to run my gpu at a minimum 67% fan speed while mining and still getting 68-70c temps. Also I will probably sell this laptop soon anyway as I really never use it for gaming (why would I when i have a kickass desktop lol) and id rather get a smaller more battery efficient laptop... and maybe another gpu for my new mining rig with the extra haha. I feel like the laptop will probably be fine for like a couple months max of mining before I get rid of it.

Laptops and mining simply does not work. You will burn out all the components. And your GPU is so slow that you wont be able to earn anything. Even if you are planing to sell the laptop it is not worth the risk...

[DeLemon]

Honestly i use an alienware laptop with a 1070 in it to mine.  I clean it out once a week from dust and temps never hit above 68 C.  I did repaste the CPU and GPU when i got the laptop. I figure i will mine for most of the warranty as if it overheats then hey they will fix it.  Also as a side note you can set the alienware laptops on 100% fan from the bios (called performance mode).  This keeps it nice and cool.

[Lovecove]

Honestly i use an alienware laptop with a 1070 in it to mine.  I clean it out once a week from dust and temps never hit above 68 C.  I did repaste the CPU and GPU when i got the laptop. I figure i will mine for most of the warranty as if it overheats then hey they will fix it.  Also as a side note you can set the alienware laptops on 100% fan from the bios (called performance mode).  This keeps it nice and cool.

LOL i figure i will mine for most of the warranty

I want to do this now. Buy a notebook then overmine on it hoping it breaks within a year (or I can even buy the extended warranty for an extra $100). Not sure they replace the whole laptop, though. Always trying to cut out the consumer, so they'll probably replace the malfunctioning parts. That's fine.

[jillscarbrough]

Thanks, I guess? It's not much of an achievement. I'm not savvy on how mining goes, in truth.

the main topic is mining using Laptop, I never agree with that because laptop not to designs for mining. mining Processes will take resource from Processor, memory when running produce heat while almost most a laptop has a small fan which is unlikely can remove excessive heat. and you know what would happen when a laptop does not remove heat.

I'm not sure if miners calculate their gains/losses by current market value, or if they calculate them based on the idealized bull market. In other words, miners might actually be profiting mining given the bear market prices.

sure (I assume mining using GPUs, not a Laptop), every the miner a calculates the profit and how long the ROI. every the miners have different a calculate and method on mining. some miner keeps the profit with doing switch coin manually, hold the coin with their prediction a coin price will raise. and some miner doing automatic mining such using Nicehash. at the point, if talk about profit or no depends on knowledge the miners itself about  GPUs, algorithms of coins, and which coin to be mining.

But at this time for new miners for start build a Rig, yes I know it's very difficult because of increase a GPU price and the price of the coin falls when converting to BTC.

[btcprospecter]

I played with the idea of mining on laptop as well but the battery was a issue for me too I figured that really it would be more sensible to just have another rig.

[Golku]

It is completely safe just don't let the battery in, you can also buy a laptop fan to have a better airflow that will also decrease the temp.

[jillscarbrough]

It is completely safe just don't let the battery in, you can also buy a laptop fan to have a better airflow that will also decrease the temp.

whether when the temperature drops, you can guarantee the laptop can still survive in a long time ?. and what about the hashrate so small that it has to compete with GPUs miners. this makes your electricity wasted and slowly but sure a laptop to be broken.