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run the laptop 24/7?

While I don't run mine 24/7, I do run it quite a few hours of the day as it's my prmary (and only) system. However I use a program called i8kfangui to monitor temps and control fan speeds. Depending on the brand of your laptop, there may be something similar out there. Now, laptops have a higher temperature threshold than their desktop counterparts. So running them constantly shouldn't be a problem. Their airflow and cooling setups are carefully designed to accomodate the heat they produce and I'm sure the manufacturers stress test their system to make sure they can handle the temps. So to end my longwinded yammering 😀, running it all day long shouldn't be a problem provided you have proper ventilation and the fans don't fail.
 
Doubtful it will work, but can't hurt to try. If there's an IBM support forums, you could try looking aroud there to see if anyone has come up with anything similar. Also check out notebookforums.com
 
It should be ok, just make sure you keep it ventilated and away from direct sunlight. Also enable the Adaptive CPU speed setting so it can throttle down in MHZ and run a bit cooler.
 
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