In the rush to finish a project, essay or important email, you can fail to notice your laptop is a little toastier than usual, making strange noises or just generally not working well.
By the time you realise your laptop is overheating - caused by the fans that cool the CPU not working properly or not getting enough fresh air - the screen has gone black and you work is lost to the cyber ether.
Many of us have this problem, and either don't have the time or money to get our laptops seen to. Well, you're in luck, as the latest instalment in our Lifehacks series, we show you how to stop your laptop shutting down in protest using one simple tool - an egg carton.
Intrigued? You should be, but to learn how to put it to use you have to watch the video.
So click on the video above to master the dreaded overheating laptop!
