Can high temperatures make a computer slow?

[IbelithLP]

Can a computer (laptop) that is running at a high temperature get slow?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I can't tell you the specifics but I know by experience (and by other members who come to the forums with problems with cooling) that it does slow the computer down in some ways.
I remember once I was playing Halo online with my friends and the game started to run in 'slow motion' and I realized because it was so hot.
That happened last month and since I got a cooling pad, it never happened again.

[quaxo]

Do you know specifically how hot the laptop is getting? Does it always run slow or only after it's been on for a while and has had a chance to heat up?

[IbelithLP]

It's getting as hot as:
Core 0: between 74C and 77C
Core 1: between 1.74C and 1.77C

Usually gets hot (that hot) as soon as :20  to :30 minutes and stay that hot for as long as it's on.

When it gets slow is because I have a few programs open at the same time. Usually when I have a game I'm playing lately called "Wonderland Online", where I have 4 characters (4 windows of the game's program) and I play them all at the same time.

[Dias de verano]

if your CPU is reaching 74 - 77 C then you do have heat problems.

[quaxo]

77C is a bit high. What is the make and model of this laptop? Can you tell if the internal fan is still running? It might have died and 77C is really pushing it. If the fan is working, it shouldn't be getting that hot. Then again, the fan might just need to be cleaned. You might also consider getting a nice cooling pad for it.

[IbelithLP]

About the fan:
It's clean and I even bought a Cooling Pad for my computer.

About the laptop itself:
Maker: Acer
Model: Aspire 5610

Note: When I just turn the computer on, and no program is been use it goes to Core 0: 54C and Core 1: 1.54C. As soon as I start open programs, it's temperature starts to go up.

[Dias de verano]

I am interested to know why:

Core 0 temperature is expressed as whole degrees only (e.g. 77)

-- whereas --

Core 1 temp is expressed with 2 places of decimals (e.g. 1.74) which are always the same figures as the Core 0 temp in degrees.

Suggest that the core 1 temp is being misread either by software or the user. One core temp (77 C) that would melt plastic (nearly) and one that would feel freezing (that's what 1.77 degrees C is - COLD) do not make sense.

[IbelithLP]

Note: I was suggested by "Carbon Dudeoxide" to use the program SpeedFan and that's the information that program give me about my computer's temperature.

[Dias de verano]

A moment's thought would surely tell you that 2 cores in the same chip with a temperature difference of 75 degrees C is impossible?

I have been using Speedfan for over 3 years on my little Shuttle XPC and it needed a little bit of setting up before its readings were displayed properly. It is written and maintained by one person and sometimes it shows. You could get a second opinion with CPUID Hwmonitor

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

I use Hwmonitor and Speedfan together.

[Trafalgar]

74C is way too high.

However, what different before and after using cooling pad? Maybe the pad you're using didn't blow the right spot?

[IbelithLP]

The Cooling Pad I'm using is "Belkin Laptop Cooling Pad" (http://www.officemax.com/omax/catalog/sku.jsp?skuId=21510367&searchString=cooling+pad&displayBreadCrumb=null&_requestid=1728759) and blow air below, but the fan on my laptop (http://www.microcenter.com/image.phtml?id=0261505&sku=724476) is on the left back of the laptop. I also have a regular standing fan (http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/Cross_Base_Standing_Fan_849.jpg), blowing air directly to the laptop's fan. Nothing seem to help it cool down.

[Dias de verano]

but the fan on my laptop (http://www.microcenter.com/image.phtml?id=0261505&sku=724476) is on the left back of the laptop.

Do Speedfan or HWinfo give rpm figures?

[IbelithLP]

Question:
How do I know if my computer is 32-bit or 64-bit?

[Dias de verano]

Question:
How do I know if my computer is 32-bit or 64-bit?

Look it up on Google. 

Acer Inspire 5610: CPU Intel 2250: data width 32 bit