Yup i noticed when playing potco my laptops fan kicked in alot so i got one of those things that props it up cost me like 20 bucks and it props it up allowing better airflow not to mention brings it up to head hight on me i dont need to bend over to look
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BTW restarting i think is standard protocal for over heating computers and its good it restarts bc if it didnt can you say fried hard drive?