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    Be careful dv9500t owners with f.33 bios update!!!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by emedici, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. emedici

    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    Yesterday was my due date for technical mantainance and started running all updates and that included HP update. It showed me three new updates, within them, a BIOS update. I installed the update and after it finished it turned off my laptop. Then I powered on my laptop, windows booted up and started to heat very fast. After 10 minutes runing windows the temps went up to 78C and the HDD reached 58 :eek: I couldn't place my hands on the keyboard, nor the mouse pad.

    This is the number of the update sp38015. If anyone is willing to try it, let's know about the results.

    I rolled back to f.23A.
     
    emedici, Dec 29, 2007
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  2. Uxion

    Uxion Notebook Geek

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    I tried it and it reduced all my temps, not just CPU
     
    Uxion, Dec 29, 2007
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  3. caveman

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    I downloaded F.23 A from the website and ran that then I ran the Hp software update and noticed that there was a BIOS update was was like why. So I ran that one and so far no problems. When idling my CPU core temps stay at around 44*C and the hdd at around 41*C. Also when idling the fan is usually off. When doing things like gaming i notice the temps go to like 65*C for the CPU cores and the HDD goes up to 50*C. But if I prop the back of the notebook the CPU cores stay about 10*C cooler while the hdd about the same.
     
    caveman, Dec 29, 2007
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    optomos Notebook Evangelist

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    Its a different machine than mine, but when I ran a BIOS update it stated that after it shut down to remove all power from machine and let stand for so many seconds.
     
    optomos, Dec 29, 2007
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    xvvvz Notebook Evangelist

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    I had a similiar situation with a dv6000 series. I manually updated the bios myself and did not get any improvement. When HP Update ran weeks later, it said it still needed to update the bios again (even though windows showed I had the new bios installed). I let HP Update do the bios update again. After that, temps dropped dramatically due to (among other things I am sure) the new cooling fan strategy.
     
    xvvvz, Dec 30, 2007
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    ryanpick Notebook Geek

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    Seems ok to me. I installed the f.33 update. hp pavilion 9500t
     
    ryanpick, Dec 31, 2007
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  7. caveman

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    well f.33 works for me and i really doubt an AMD bios would be able to install on an Intel machine. Heard of someone accidentaly clicking amd instead of intel and it said that it could not install.
     
    caveman, Dec 31, 2007
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    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    Well it seems to be that the only one receiving bad results was me. Maybe I should try reinstalling again!!!
     
    emedici, Jan 1, 2008
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    What program do y'all use to check your temps? I've been looking for a good all in one type program. Thanks in advance.
     
    zach382, Jan 2, 2008
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    emedici Notebook Consultant

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    I use PC Wizard 2008 for monitoring CPU and SpeedFan for monitoring HDD only.
     
    emedici, Jan 2, 2008
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  11. caveman

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    I use Nvidia Ntune (only for monitoring) the GPU temps, and use speedfan for the CPU and HDD temps
     
    caveman, Jan 2, 2008
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