Risk of overheating with emulator
LeLion
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Hello,
I might not have posted in the exact right section, but here goes. I have a problem with using an emulator. Since my younger brother broke his Nintendo DS, I managed to install an emulator for DS named DeSmuME so he can play Pokémon Pearl. It works fairly well, but it’s on a laptop and the fan starts spinning much faster (the temperature of the laptop also seems to rise). A friend did the same operation for Game Boy Advance, everything stays normal, no frenzied fan. So I’m a bit worried for my PC, knowing that it doesn’t heat up like that even when I play heavier games like Command & Conquer. If my PC were older it wouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s new and I have a lot of important files on it. Do you think the emulator demands too much power for my PC and that there’s a risk of overheating (it’s an HP Pavilion, 4GB RAM).
Thanks in advance!
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I might not have posted in the exact right section, but here goes. I have a problem with using an emulator. Since my younger brother broke his Nintendo DS, I managed to install an emulator for DS named DeSmuME so he can play Pokémon Pearl. It works fairly well, but it’s on a laptop and the fan starts spinning much faster (the temperature of the laptop also seems to rise). A friend did the same operation for Game Boy Advance, everything stays normal, no frenzied fan. So I’m a bit worried for my PC, knowing that it doesn’t heat up like that even when I play heavier games like Command & Conquer. If my PC were older it wouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s new and I have a lot of important files on it. Do you think the emulator demands too much power for my PC and that there’s a risk of overheating (it’s an HP Pavilion, 4GB RAM).
Thanks in advance!
Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 3.6.16
1 answer
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Hi, I’d advise you to play but not for too long, because the emulator requires quite a bit of power and therefore your PC works hard and, logically, it overheats. As soon as you feel it getting a bit too hot, take a break. I did it this way and it worked perfectly. Have a good day =)
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Yes, that's what I thought too, but it heats up quickly, I find, and the kid tends to play for quite a while. Now that I think about it, maybe we have an old Dell laptop in the family running XP. I'll install the emulator on it (well, if that PC still exists...) and give it to the kid, it's less risky. It's crazy that something like that takes so much power!
Thanks anyway, if someone else has an idea I'm all ears ;)
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