The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Core temps speedfan

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Euquility, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. Euquility

    Euquility Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    198
    Messages:
    1,592
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    So in the first time in 3 years I decided to measure the temperature of my cpu with speedfan and well I have core temperatures around 90 degrees Celsius on both cores. Is this reasonable?
     
    Euquility, Jan 17, 2009
    #1
  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    Speed fan is not recommended for notebooks.
    .... its great for desktops, but sucks for notebooks.

    90C is very high for a CPU temp.... make sure you are not blocking fans and vents by leaving the system on a soft surface (lap, bed, couch, etc...)

    .... only use on hard, clean, flat surfaces.

    For good notebook monitoring programs.... look towards:
    - HWmonitor (all-in-one, simple)
    - Notebook Hardware Control (CPU and HDD, great utility)
    - CoreTemp (another simple program)
    - Everest (all-in-one, lots of options)
    - RivaTuner (the best GPU monitor since it shows temp even in-game)

    Visit the NBR Cooling Central if you havent yet.
     
    Gophn, Jan 17, 2009
    #2
  3. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

    Reputations:
    6,668
    Messages:
    8,224
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    231
    CoreTemp is also a good, simple temperature-monitoring tool.
     
    MidnightSun, Jan 17, 2009
    #3
  4. VAIO_FZ

    VAIO_FZ Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    66
    Messages:
    118
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    VAIO_FZ, Jan 17, 2009
    #4
  5. Euquility

    Euquility Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    198
    Messages:
    1,592
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    hmm alright Ill take a look and I do not think vents are being blocked and I jsut blew this thing out yesterday after I saw it was that high eh, Ill take a look again

    core temp reads nearly the same temp as speedfan (1-2 degrees off)

    If you guys are curious Im running a pentium dual core (heh getting old I know) T2080 at 1.73 GHz

    [Edit] and i do have one of thoose well in my case cheap, fans blowing on the bottom.

    Oh yeah this is on like 10% load...
     
    Euquility, Jan 17, 2009
    #5
  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

    Reputations:
    4,412
    Messages:
    8,077
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Your system should not be running 90C at 10% load. 90F would be more like it, but 90C is way too hot.

    You should look into Undervolting. Flipfire has a great guide, the undervolting guide.

    That should help knock a few degrees off your cpu temperature.

    Have you ever taken your laptop apart?
    This maybe a good time to do so, so that you can do a good cleaning of the fan, and the heatsink.
    Their should be relatively no dust inside your laptop, so you can either take the system apart and clean it, or invest in some compressed air cans to blow the dust out of your system.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 17, 2009
    #6
  7. VAIO_FZ

    VAIO_FZ Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    66
    Messages:
    118
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Have you taken the laptop apart? because it sounds like it could do with a bit cleaning inside the laptop, e.g cleaning the heat sinks, replace thermal paste.
     
    VAIO_FZ, Jan 17, 2009
    #7
  8. Euquility

    Euquility Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    198
    Messages:
    1,592
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Im going to blow the system out right now (wish me luck)....and I have taken a system apart too

    im not sure I exactly want to purchase anything jsut yet as I am replacing this laptop soon but i guess a couple dollars for thermal paste would be reasonable

    lets see how this is going to turn out.
     
    Euquility, Jan 17, 2009
    #8
  9. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    focus on the vents... that is where dust usually builds up and clogs up.

    A flashlight is useful to use for checking if the vents are clear.... check if you can see light through the other side
     
    Gophn, Jan 17, 2009
    #9
  10. Euquility

    Euquility Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    198
    Messages:
    1,592
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    after taking it outside and freezing my hands it seems that core temps have dropped 20 degrees celsius

    ill give it 10-20 minutes to warm up again to see if it was just the below 20 degree weather or the blowout actually did anything.
     
    Euquility, Jan 17, 2009
    #10
  11. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    Gophn, Jan 17, 2009
    #11