am i overheating?

my laptop is running at like 75-80 degrees Celsius and I was wondering if that was too hot. I have a hp pavilion dv6tqe and what is the max temperature my laptop can be for extended periods of time?

 

Which one is it exactly spec-wise?
There have been several revisions which is why I'm asking.

Are the temperatures you are experiencing (75 to 80 degrees C) when you are idling or not doing anything intense, or are the temps in question when the cpu and gpu are under load (doing something, such as gaming)?
If it's the former (idle), then I would have to say yes.
If it's the latter (under load), then no.
Under load, the temps of 75 to 80 deg C is quite respectable, and your laptop can run under these temps for extended periods of time without problems.
I would start worrying if the temps go well over 90 deg C.

Depending on which gpu you have (dedicated or integrated), perhaps you'd be able to shave off a few more degrees by lowering it's voltage.

My temps under load for the laptop in my signature were in the 85 deg C range.
After undervolting the gpu, it was reaching up to 75 degrees C (with a 25% overclock).

But as I said... if the tems you mentioned are under load (when you are stressing the gpu and cpu with games and computational programs such as 3ds Max) then you have nothing to worry about.

 

The one i have is the i7 2.0 ghz, 6gb ram, 6770 ATI. And the laptop is under load. How long is "extended periods of time"? Is it safe to run it like this 24/7?

 

My laptop (see sig) at intense gaming for 3-4 hours and on will get up to 75-80 on certain games. I'm assuming were talking about GPU. My personal thought is that if its that high during idle, you should check it out like clean inside and repaste thermal compound.

 

some good info for you

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...rket-upgrades/263039-nbr-cooling-central.html

 

For reference, my Studio 15 gets up to and over 90C full bore. I probably need to clean it out a bit, now that I think about it. Over 90C, sensor programs start to beep at you. At 100C, the laptop will shut off to protect itself, but reboot without issue. At idle, I run at 60C or so perma throttled at max 70%, 70-75C if I'm streaming on a second screen and room temp is 28C or so. 75-80C for extended periods is not an issue.

 

I think I once scrapped a desktop ATI radeon 9250 by letting it run at 95C. A couple minutes above 90C is BAD, from what I've read. Especially for ATI, since they usually run coolerthan NVidia's cards.

 

i would say that the 80's C is probably the highest i'd be comfortable seeing under load. anything higher and you'd probably want to take further preventative measures.

 

I've run at 90C for hours on end whilst playing games. It really depends I've seen no real detriment other than the touchpad getting hot. The i7 hardware is designed to throttle the CPU by locking the multiplier at 7 instead of letting it float at around 90-92C, and will shut itself off if you reach the TJMax threshold at around 100C. It will only really get to 100C if you're stupid (like me) and disable the throttle via throttlestop.
Anyway, I fully disassembled my own laptop after that post, resulting in idle temps of about 50C at 28C room temp. Didn't expect that drop, but I also didn't expect the radiator to be so chock full of dust that couldn't be expelled from the outside. To be expected considering I use my laptop on my bed though.

 

Max temps will vary between hardware generations as well. For last and current gen ATI cards, AMD rates them as working safely up to ~110C, core i CPUs usually stat to throttle at 100C.

I would say, start getting worried if your GPU reaches 90C under load and check everything is fine. If you hit 100C on the GPU, then you need to do something about it.

As far as the CPU goes, i'd consider anything under 80C under load to be fine.

 

180nm != 40nm

Also I doubt that killed it.

 

sooner rather than later...

I have some laptops and can tell you that Intel much colder AMD. My 2410m\GT450m working under 70C in stresstest and usually proc temp is 45-60C.
Second laptop have AMD proc and ATI video, when it starts temp already 60-70C...around 100 in stress test or working. It's normal for AMD =)

I think topick starter need to check cooling system anyway, it's not too hard, maybe clean it or change the thermal grease

 

If you get at around 100C, there's something wrong no matter what. I never hit 80C under heavy load with my mobility 5870 unless the ambient temperature is insanely high. It's either dust, degraded thermal paste or bad thermal design from the manufacturer. You can't do anything about the latter though. It's not normal for a CPU or GPU to get to 100C, i agree on the fact that the latest AMD GPUs tend to run hotter than their nVidia counterparts, but they shouldn't hit 100C regardless of the fact they run hotter.

EDIT: afhstingray has a valid point as well. I haven't seen a laptop with a shoddy paste job hit 100C without there being another problem somewhere though. I've seen laptop hit the 90s due to bad paste job though (MBPs anyone?).

 

a lot of the time replacing the thermal paste can give you a 15*c drop. not because its crappy quality paste, but because of sloppy application at the factory

 

to sum it all up, you are fine with your temps

 

Well, I was a little concerned with my temps [ dell inspiron 1545 ] 90-95 underload. Called up dell and said i believe my laptop is over heating before i could finish he said " Ok i see that the system is under warranty so i will go ahead and book a service " The main problem was dust massive lump of it blocking the vents removed that, new fan and new heat sink and thats knocked a massive 15c under load.