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    Help with laptop temp

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by shave100, Jun 16, 2008.

  1. shave100

    shave100 Notebook Geek

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    G'day

    just wondering what the average or normal laptop temp would be for a laptop with similar specs to mine... only running a few processes (msn, ie, etc etc)

    thinkpad r61
    t7500 2.2
    2gb
    160gb hdd (5400rpm i think)
    6 cell battery
    nvidia quadro nvs 140m 128mb
    15.4 1680x1024 (somthin like that) display
     
    shave100, Jun 16, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    CPU idle: 40-45c
    CPU load: 70-80c

    GPU idle 50-55c
    GPU load 70-80c

    HD temp: 35-55c

    Aslong as your in those figures or even cooler your fine.
     
    flipfire, Jun 16, 2008
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  3. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    flip did say it! But tell us what is going on and why are you concerned?
     
    powerpack, Jun 16, 2008
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  4. shave100

    shave100 Notebook Geek

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    just curious thats all.... im gettin less btw

    its just my friends told me his desktop was gettin like 30c cpu nd i had a look at my cpu nd it was 50c so just making sure it wasnt to much for my laptop
     
    shave100, Jun 16, 2008
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  5. Thibault

    Thibault Banned

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    You can't compare desktop computer temperatures with the temperatures of a notebook computer.
    50C for your CPU is fine.
     
    Thibault, Jun 16, 2008
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  6. K-TRON

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

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    You can make your laptop run cooler.
    Check out the undervolting guide. You can make your laptop cpu run more efficiently without using as much power. This does not affect performance at all.

    If you have a dell you can use i8kfangui to control the fans in your laptop. It works on all but the nex xps 1330 and 1530 notebooks.
    If you have a clevo rebrand desktop replacement, press FN+F1 or FN+F2 to crank the fans up to full speed.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jun 16, 2008
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