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DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
January 02 2010 11:32 GMT
#1
So my laptop has been overheating for like the last 2 months or so reaching 69 degrees Celsius minimum and while playing games like Aion it reaches 90! I think that is pretty hot, and I am not sure but does this affect the FPS in the games? I mean sometimes the FPS is so inconsistent etc. What is a good way to fix this? Cleaning the CPU? Buying a laptop cooler thing?

mcJ
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark322 Posts
January 02 2010 12:00 GMT
#2
What I did was raising my laptop, by placing cdcovers under it and having a USB fan blowing in to the CPU, it helps quite a bit. It still gets overheated if i play high demanding games for some hours.
Cleaning your CPU might help aswell
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
January 02 2010 12:02 GMT
#3
Your temperatures are above average but not out of line. You can try cleaning your fan vents and clear out the dust which should help. Laptop coolers bring the temperature down about 3 degrees. Inconsistent fps could be due to whats going on in the environment like smoke which lowers it. High room temperature also attributes to your problem. The cheapest way to lower your temps is to put your laptop on erasers or something to elevate it so more air goes under it.
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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
January 02 2010 12:48 GMT
#4
Turn off Aero if ur on Vista/7, that thing really drove up my temperature.
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DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
January 02 2010 13:04 GMT
#5
So will getting a cooler help?
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
January 02 2010 13:09 GMT
#6
minimally
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Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
January 02 2010 13:56 GMT
#7
What is your laptop model?
Try to open up your laptop and CLEAN the DUST that cover your CPU and GRPAHIC CARD cooler.
If you dont know how to open up your laptop. Google your way through, if you laptop is 1 to 2 years old it should be very easy to open up and clean it.
Dont buy a external cooler since it doesnt do much. I am pretty sure that after you clean your heatsink and fan your laptop will run at the temp when you bought it :D
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DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
January 02 2010 14:20 GMT
#8
Its an HP Pavillion Dv5, and yeah I will do that today and see how it goes :D!
tirentu
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1257 Posts
January 02 2010 15:38 GMT
#9
I have exactly the same problem with exactly the same laptop. It's terribly designed for heat flow, and overheats massively when merely running on high performance mode .
fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-02 15:51:54
January 02 2010 15:51 GMT
#10
I've got an hp pavilion t1000z, and it's a pos as far as overheating is concerned. It already overheated once, and they had to get the mainboard replaced. Luckily, it was still under warranty. Its not under warranty any more so if it burns up I will have to buy another laptop.

I am pretty mad at hp for selling laptops that overheat like this, and don't think I'm going to buy another laptop from them. I think the integrated graphics + amd turion processor + hp's crappy design engineers is the problem.

I found these huge aluminum heat sinks at work (6" x 7.5" x 1.25") and I put my laptop on them. I also have this thermal conductive material between the laptop and the heatsink to transfer the heat.

I would recommend buying a laptop cooler though, like these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=laptop cooler&x=0&y=0
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Lovin
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark812 Posts
January 02 2010 15:58 GMT
#11
Basically I have to sit on my bed with the two lower corners resting my knees (nothing more) and with the two upper corners (the ones carrying the monitor) on a table, which is conveniently the same height as my legs and bed combined. I haven't had any trouble what so ever with heating after I figured this setup out!
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WhuazGoodJaggah
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Lesotho777 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-02 16:33:28
January 02 2010 16:18 GMT
#12
On January 02 2010 22:56 Caphe wrote:
What is your laptop model?
Try to open up your laptop and CLEAN the DUST that cover your CPU and GRPAHIC CARD cooler.
If you dont know how to open up your laptop. Google your way through, if you laptop is 1 to 2 years old it should be very easy to open up and clean it.
Dont buy a external cooler since it doesnt do much. I am pretty sure that after you clean your heatsink and fan your laptop will run at the temp when you bought it :D


#2

I h8 this laptop cooler bullshit. why cool it when all you need to do is clean it? The last time I cleaned it the temperature dropped >10° from over 60°C to under 50°C.

If you don't know how to open your laptop contact the support. They can send you a disassemble guide and with that its very easy to clean it.


I just saw that you have a HP Pavillion. HP has an online support chat here:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact/chat_1.html
just ask them about the disasemble pdf.


I had a look for you, this is the service and maintenance guide for a Pavillion dv5
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01550108.pdf

In Chapter 4 it's described how to disassemble the laptop. you need to get to the FAN there will be the dust heating up your laptop. Pay attention to the ESD guidlines though it's not as dramatic as they are describing it :D just make sure you are grounded waering no shoes is better if you do stuff like this (better ground ;D)
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HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-02 17:26:01
January 02 2010 17:23 GMT
#13
On January 02 2010 23:20 DragoonPK wrote:
Its an HP Pavillion Dv5, and yeah I will do that today and see how it goes :D!

jesus this laptop -_-
best buy offers free check ups+advice , in case the thing has any issues, you might as well fix it now before something else goes wrong
Cooling pads are worthless.
external fan + elevation = win.
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Ethelis
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2397 Posts
January 02 2010 17:26 GMT
#14
clean it + cooler

my laptop overheated while playing aion too and it was like a week old or 2
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20090 Posts
January 02 2010 17:49 GMT
#15
That laptop is similar to mine (sager np 2096) it just naturally runs hot. Pretty standard temps for my gfx card, my processors easily get to 50 celsius. just get a cooler and make sure your fan is clean and you should be fine
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