Compaq V6336EA heating

Hai, I bought V6336EA laptop few days back with VISTA basic pre-installed. I find both palm rests and touch pad are hot. Particularly the left side. Though they are bearable, I feel it odd when compared to my old IBM T60. CPU temperatures of cores are 64C & 58C in idle and go to about 71C & 65C while running applications. I chacked the same with IBM T60 (winXP) which never crossed 60C even with heavy load.

the hard disk which sits at the left palm rest is 160GB WDC model.

Is this heating normal for this model? should I go for replacement?

I am also thinking of migrating to XP as many of my old programs dont run in the pre-installed VISTA like the usb interface to my sony dvd905 camcorder.

I am desparately looking for some advice on the heating issue.
Thanks in advance

 

The fan normally doesn't start until 55C... unless HP raised that in a new BIOS revision? Do you know at what temperature your fan starts? If the ambient temperature is high (above 26C or so) then that'll goose the CPU temp a bit.

Check Task Manager for background processes to make sure that idle is really idle. Vista does heat up machines a bit more than WinXP.

Otherwise... assuming your temp readings are accurate ( Core Temp?), I'm a little concerned but given the modest delta between idle and load temps not critically so... yet. The CPU heatsink could be poorly applied, power regulation could be a bit off... those things are worth returning the notebook for replacement.

 

Dear Brianstretch, Thanks for the immediate response.
yes I used "core temp". My ambient temp is around 30C (qatar).

what I also found is when the system wakes from sleep mode the temp is 35&32. In about 10 minutes, the temp shoots to around ~60C (the cpu usage showed only <3% intermittent activity).

When I used the "burn in" from "hot cpu tester" or did a scan with "norton internet security 2007", the temp shoots up and fluctuates around 65 to 71C.

I have no idea about fan operation and when it gets on. But I do feel the continuous vibration. Is there any other way to determine the fan functioning?

 

Hai, I had close physical check of the fan and vents. Fan is running without any problem.
All other vents at the bottom are clear.

But the vent over hard disk cover is not open and appears like a thin plastic sheet beneath. Probably this may explain the heating felt at the left palm rest as the hard disk sits right below.

Can it also explain the higher core temperatures?
Any way I am taking the system to the service center.
Thanks in advance

 

It could be just the high ambient temp (computers really don't like that) but I doubt it, given the V6336EA specifications. Having the service center look at it is a good idea.