Overheating will destroy a computer as certainly as will a dousing with water. A computer’s components, especially the CPU, generate a great deal of heat during their normal operation. Keeping this heat within tolerances is accomplished by many clever heatsink devices, several fans and the design of the case itself. Not paying attention to keeping [...]

Computers are built with fans and other parts which are meant to protect computers from overheating. Still, they can and do overheat. The most common problem for overheating is when there is not adequate air flow around the computer. Air flow must be able to move into the computer, through the fans [...]