<p>It's normal for the cpu usage to increase, the client has a lot of work to do when synchronizing and verifying the block chain. The temperature should increase some but not dramatically, so you may have a cooling problem with your hardware. See if the same thing happens with other cpu intensive applications. If so, this is a hardware problem and nothing to do with Bitcoin.</p>

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2014-01-02T20:02:01.280Z
2014-01-02T20:02:01.280Z
Nate Eldredge
<p>I had something similar happen on a cheapie vps, bitcoin-qt is a demanding program, it crashes for you because it's verifying all the transactions that ever happened with bitcoin. To lessen the load, just find a <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117982.0" rel="nofollow">torrent/download</a> of the block chain. Also try out a thin-client (like electrum) if you only need basic wallet functionality.</p>

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2014-01-01T20:07:52.790Z
2014-01-01T20:07:52.790Z
John T
<p>Just use the Multibit client. It doesn't download the blockchain, and is very fast.</p>

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2014-01-14T10:37:55.703Z
2014-01-14T10:37:55.703Z
mirimir
<p>I am running Bitcoin-Qt, and it is shutting down my laptop while trying to synchronize. I even tried on a different laptop with the same result of shutting itself down.</p>

<p>This situation happens while synchronizing, the CPU usage and the CPU temperature raises dramatically and the computer doesn't have any other option than shutting itself down before becoming permanently damaged. How can I fix this problem?</p>

<p>Here are some of the system details:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/pcs/NP-R730-JB02US" rel="nofollow">Samsung R730</a> laptop with</p>

<ul>
<li><p>4&nbsp;GB RAM</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core#Core_i3_2" rel="nofollow">Intel Core i3</a> dual core processor</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux" rel="nofollow">Arch Linux</a> system </p></li>
</ul>

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Bitcoin-Qt is shutting down my laptop
milarepa
# Bitcoin-Qt is shutting down my laptop

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-01)

I am running Bitcoin-Qt, and it is shutting down my laptop while trying to synchronize. I even tried on a different laptop with the same result of shutting itself down.

This situation happens while synchronizing, the CPU usage and the CPU temperature raises dramatically and the computer doesn't have any other option than shutting itself down before becoming permanently damaged. How can I fix this problem?

Here are some of the system details:

[Samsung R730](http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/pcs/NP-R730-JB02US) laptop with

* 4 GB RAM
* [Intel Core i3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core#Core_i3_2) dual core processor
* [Arch Linux](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux) system

**Tags:** bitcoin-core


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-02. Score: 0

It's normal for the cpu usage to increase, the client has a lot of work to do when synchronizing and verifying the block chain. The temperature should increase some but not dramatically, so you may have a cooling problem with your hardware. See if the same thing happens with other cpu intensive applications. If so, this is a hardware problem and nothing to do with Bitcoin.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-01. Score: 0

I had something similar happen on a cheapie vps, bitcoin-qt is a demanding program, it crashes for you because it's verifying all the transactions that ever happened with bitcoin. To lessen the load, just find a [torrent/download](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117982.0) of the block chain. Also try out a thin-client (like electrum) if you only need basic wallet functionality.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-01-14. Score: 0

Just use the Multibit client. It doesn't download the blockchain, and is very fast.


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