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    Who could kindly describe the hotspots of 7811?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by supertt, Sep 7, 2008.

  1. supertt

    supertt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered the 7811fx. Happy but after seeing so many overheat posts,I am start to concern whether to buy a laptop cooler. Even I've already known the vents' positions in the back, I still want to know better about the inside and hotspots' distributions.

    Do you have any idea to share? thank you!
     
    supertt, Sep 7, 2008
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    Drew_afx Newbie

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    definitely the hard drive....

    very hot on the right palm...

    might need to replace hdd with more expensive one...

    ssd's would be great...if supported

    temps show 55~62 on average multi tasking(which i heard

    is very dangerous for hdd!!!)

    and downloading...torrents etc.

    cool air conditioning may help but airflow is

    cut off inside the bay...

    when playing games, left vent(gpu) rear vent(cpu) get a bit hot

    temp 60 max for me without cooler

    but the hdd gets more than 65....i'm kinda worried here :(

    my suggestion:
    build a custom cooler that sucks air out from hdd bay..
    pushing air in would cool the drive but make your right palm sweat.
     
    Drew_afx, Sep 7, 2008
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  3. supertt

    supertt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you. very helpful~ But, why does gateway put the HDD into one sealed box? Maybe drilling some hole on it is better~

    But I heard 60C is normal for the HDD. You can reference the desktop HDD.
     
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  4. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    No extra cooler running, no undervolting, 73F ambient and just surfing.
    [​IMG]
     
    Syngensmyth, Sep 7, 2008
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    focusfre4k Notebook Evangelist

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    really I am not running a cooler. you just keep an eye on temps...defragging the hard drive will heat it up most..in which case I backed it off a couple of times to give the drive a break. The GPU and CPU as long as under heavy load the backend is elevated you should be fine.
     
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  6. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am running two HDs in RAID and on the scheduled defrag nights (or sometimes while Superfetch is caching), the right palmrest tends to get pretty hot. I have found that leaving the lappy open a crack, instead of a complete close, keeps the HD temps down. Even with the lappy closed, there has never been a problem, I'm just being cautious.
     
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  7. CrapFactory

    CrapFactory Notebook Guru

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    My HDD never gets too hot. The Video Card seems to get up to 65 C during load in a warm room assuming that's what that hot spot on the left is. My processor never gets to hot at all.

    I'm seriously doubting overheating is the real problem and instead it's that stupid WMI 10 error that not even M$ knows what the crap is going on with it. I got that darned error 49 times now during gaming and sometimes when my darned machine wasn't hot anywhere.
     
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  8. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    1 HD ATM
    [​IMG]
     
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  9. DarKaoZ

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    What I'm doing is putting a shoebox below the Laptop in Vertical position so both sides and the front are not covered, it keeps my computer on the 30's in everything. You guys should try it, is stupid, but works wonders.
     
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  10. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    What size shoes? :p

    30's are nice numbers, congrats. I do have to have this in my lap so must live with 40,s but happy anyway.
     
    Syngensmyth, Sep 7, 2008
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