Hi there,

I am looking for a laptop cover that would cover KEYBOARD and rest of the laptop from the dust as I use an external keyboard and the laptop only for screen purposes. I can't find anything that would cover laptop fully, only the keyboard. What are the key words if there is a cover, that covers fully?

RegardsCovering a laptop can spell DISASTER with overheating!

Most laptops draw cool air in around their keypads/keyboards and so covering this area will cause an overheat and potentially damage to laptop. One work around might be to cut a SECTION of nylon screen to lay over the laptops surface. This will allow airflow and larger particles/objects than the size of the nylon screen wont pass through the holes such as pet hair etc.Thanks for the tip, never thought about that before. But what about some people they close the laptop lid and use an external screen. If the lid is closed that means there is no cool air going through ? underneath you'll see the intake vents for air cooling.
with the unit turned on, running your hands down either side of the laptop and you'll find the exhausted vent.


as long as the intakes are not restricted, closing the lid and running the laptop from external keyboard, mouse and monitor is quiet normal.
just make sure to go into the POWER settings and tell it to Do Nothing when the lid is closed.  If "Do Nothing" is not configured it will shutdown or put laptop to sleep when closed. Then a screen is closed its not air tight and so its ABLE to breathe. The problem with placing anything over the keyboard is that if its air tight, then your restricting airflow. Some laptops even have rubber bumps that limit the travel of the display to the surface that the keypad/keyboard is located and this allows there to be a slight gap between display an laptop body as well as it cushions the closing of laptop so that the display doesnt clash hard with the laptop body when closing which could shock parts when parts collide.