Inspiron 1720 ACPI THM temperature

Hi. I use HWMonitor to check temperatures of my Dell Inspiron 1720. On ACPI->Temperatures->THM_ it often shows 80 celsius degrees and even above that. I'm just worried if it's normal...

 

Generally your ACPI component will run slightly warmer, albeit the same temperature of your GPU but not till this hot. What about your other components? What temperatures did you get?

Also, is your ACPI temperature taken before or after gaming? That will affect your ACPI temperatures too.

My ACPI on my 1720 is only 52*C. I suggest checking your heatsink and dust them. Instructions to open your 1720 are on Dell's website. There is definitely great amount of dust in your system. How old is your 1720?

PS, The thing about the 1720 is that you need regular maintenance every 3 or 6 months. And by regular maintenance, meaning stripping the laptop apart, accessing the GPU and CPU heatsinks and cleaning every component of it, especially the fans. Just blowing compressed under the vents and air-intake is not enough.

 

Tnx for reply. Actually ACPI temp. now dropped down a bit, but still is practicly always higher then CPUs for example if CPU is 70 ACPI will be like 73, 74. I will have to check my heatsink like you said. My Dell is like 2,5 yrs old now, and I havent stripped it apart yet!

 

It not a sensor reading, it's a temp based of the temperatures in the thermal zone.

No part of your system is actually that temp, so ignore it.

The value is used to trigger things like active cooling (fan) and passive cooling (throttling).

 

So what you are saying I should totally ignore it even if that temp. was 84/85 °C ? Can you write more about it?

 

You can ignore the THM temp if you dont get any thottling.

But if you're playing a game, and you see the frame count go down then I can help you stop the throttling. Just let me know, I have worked with others before to stop this.

You should only make sure your CPU, GPU and HDD temps are normal.
If they are fine then feel free to ignore the THM temp.

It is normal, many notebooks have that temp behave the same way.
I can give you a link to another thread if you want.

 

Thanks moral hazard. I will contact you if the problem persists.

 

@thekryan, what other temperatures did you get for your 1720? Note your thottling as mentioned by hazard. He has earned a few quality reps there. Sorry for my late reply, I guess he has already answered what I wanted to write here as well.

Importantly your other temps are alright. But still, if you can even lower them, it's never a bad idea to examine your machine on a regular basis to have it cleaned, and thermal paste to both your GPU and CPU repplied and coupled with CPU undervolting. Becasue that is what I did and it ran cool for 2 years till now . Good luck.