Cooling Pad/Over Heating Compaq

Has anyone had the problem of their laptop overheating to a pretty great extent? I've always known my computer was hot - but not untill a few days ago when I took out a CD that was in my laptop's cd drive did I realize the extent my laptop was overheating.

I havn't done any formal temp. tests, but from touch I can tell that it is much hotter than it should be. The summer weather does not help either.

My question is, has anyone had any experience with Compaq laptops, particularily the Presario V4000(T).

What solutions have you had in heat maintenance?

If you have used a cooling pad, what cooling pads go well with the design of the Presario V4000(T)?



One last note: I normally keep my laptop on for many hours straight; having it plugged into an AC power source. I noticed that having the laptop not plugged in seems to go better with the laptop, but an annoying aspect is that the lappy's screen dims when there is no AC.

If anyone has any insight on my situation please help!! Thanks!

 

I don't owe a Compaq but recently had a similar problem. In my case it's the weather. I don't have air condition at home and the average temperature in my room is 30 degrees celsius. My LG was not handling that very well at all. It would be ok at night time, and get terribly hot after an hour of heavy use in the day time. I bought a cooling pad - CoolerMAster Notepal and so far I'm very happy with it. The processor/hard drive temperatures have droped on avarege 4-5 degrees celsius and so I do not have a problem anymore.

"I noticed that having the laptop not plugged in seems to go better with the laptop, but an annoying aspect is that the lappy's screen dims when there is no AC"

The reason the laptop doesn't overheat as much when on battery is because by default it uses a power saving scheme. That's why your screen gets dim - however this can be adjusted manualy and you do not have to "work in the dark" while on battery Play around with the power managment settings and adjust the options to suit your needs.

Hope that helps

 

You can use MobMeter to check the temp of you laptop. Just use a search engine and look up MobMeter to find it. It is a free download. Also, I use a PacificBreeze laptop cooler for my laptop and it is really great. It keeps the temp down quite a bit. I have an HP ZV6000 which is roughly the same size as the Compaq V4000 (actually a little heavier but same screen size anyway) and the cooler works by propping up the laptop on the back and running air underneath it. You can by the PacificBreeze for about $15.00 at Amazon.com and I am sure at other retailers as well. Good luck and happy computing!

P.S.-Also check out this article by Chaz on cooling your notebook:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=60914

 

I have a DV4000, which is basically a V4000T, with x700 video. It can get up to 72C when using 100% CPU for several minutes, otherwise, it runs at the low to mid 40s. I am using an Antec cooler at home which can efficiently drop the temperature by 10C. I also undervolt the CPU to reduce heat and battery consumption.

 

As I've said here many times before, the v4000t has a very insufficient cooling solution. I had constant issues with overheating. Finally, my video card or the motherboard cooked and the screen would randomly shut off and the computer would hard-lock to where I had to hold the power button down to reset. After 3 trips to service and still no fix, they finally replaced it with a different model.

There have been multiple threads on these boards concerning the v4000t and heating problems. It seems to be a design flaw. In my opinion, thats why they removed the option for an ATI x700 in the v4000.

 

For me, I just prop the back of my laptop up with a textbook and it works perfect for me! The book raises the laptop atleast 3 inches off the table from the back.

 

Make a little stand out of a plastic bin or something to elevate your notebook just a little bit when your working on a desk, this may help, I made a draft using plastic then made one from metal in my friends machine shop it holds the notebook vertical so the screen is up high and I use a keyboard and wireless mouse to work at a desk. After I raised my notebook up on the stand, even playing high graphics games the fan never comes on now, before It would during gameplay and come on about every 5 mins for 10 seconds during normal activites.

Elevation from the surface usually helps a ton, try that before you spend the big bucks on a cooling pad.

 

I am using a 12-cell battery that lifted the back of the DV4000 5/8", nevertheless, it will still goes beyond 72C during CPU intensive task. The Antec cooler I am using at home is on sale again at Staples.com right now for $10 or $15 after rebate until 7/22.

 

winterymix has it right. The V4000T is very poorly cooled and is probably the reason they took down the V4000T from the website. I suggest trying to exchange it with Compaq until they provide a replacement like they did for him. As for me, I've stuck with my V4000T. I've done some things to make it cooler. I've used Arctic Silver 5 on m CPU/Heatsink, which made my laptop so far 3-5 degrees cooler. Also, I've experimented with two coolers. The Antec one, although light and quiet, doesn't really do much for my laptop. I instead picked up a Bytecc cooler that blows into my fans from underneath, since the Antec one sucks from underneath. Overall, I've managed to keep my laptop cool while gaming, but you are going to have to make some small sacrifices in resolution in quality to make sure it doesn't overheat.

 

Hey,

I have a compaq presario v2000z (a smaller, compaq version). My laptop has an amd ml-28 turion (i know, it is rather cheap, but they had an awesome store-closing deal @ compusmart) and i was noticing extremely high temperatures (~78 under load, 60+ idle). I looked around online for some options (i was, and still am, under the impression that applying cooling gels voids the hp warranty, someone please correct me if i'm wrong) and i found this link to undervolting. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=20249
since there is virtually no risk (i think) with undervolting, i did it, and now temps are warm, but bearable (50 idle, 58 underload).
I am pretty sure that there are do-it-yourself guides to undervolting for intel and graphics cards, so do some browsing online?