Timeline for Can the Asus Zenbooks be used safely with their lids closed?
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| Jul 18, 2014 at 18:38 | comment | added | Glenn Plas | Old thread but couldn't resist, own this one too, it gets really hot (running linux). The airflow is indeed reversed, it 'sucks' on the top, blowing it out on the bottom. I work with the back lifted on decorative rubber rings originally made to put your pots/pans on. | |
| Sep 1, 2012 at 11:37 | comment | added | oKtosiTe | Actually I now own one of these, and can report that airflow is not a big issue with the lid closed. The hot air will simply vent out from beneath the LCD hinge instead of above it. | |
| May 31, 2012 at 0:14 | history | bounty ended | oKtosiTe | ||
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| May 30, 2012 at 15:43 | comment | added | miky | No,if your lid is closed,no air can flow under the lid. Todays notebook have good cooling systems, its not big deal close lid and wokr on it like on desktop. | |
| May 29, 2012 at 1:34 | comment | added | avirk | I have not this notebook but I never seem any issue with close my LID so if you do not want to close it completely just close it enough to turn off the monitor(LCD). | |
| May 25, 2012 at 21:36 | history | edited | oKtosiTe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 25, 2012 at 21:31 | comment | added | oKtosiTe | Some of the pictures leave room for doubt about some space being left open between the (closed) hinge for at least some airflow. Could you comment on that? Can any air pass through with the lid closed? | |
| May 25, 2012 at 13:17 | history | answered | miky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |