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    Crazy Temps

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nu_D, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    I was running Prime95 and Furmark to check out my temps. They got as high as 97C on the CPU and the low 90s on the GPU. I knew something was wrong because my fan wasn't going nuts. I heard the machine "beep" which I think indicated that it was about to commit suicide. After about another 15 solid minutes of the machine hovering near 100C, my fan properly kicked in to blower mode and began to cool things down. Obviously, something is wrong with the fan "settings" or something. I reinstalled the latest bios, installed the old bios and tried that, and then reinstalled the latest once again, all to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    I mean my fan doesn't seem to want to run. Right now temps are climbing above 90C and it's kinda loud but a far cry from the full-out scream it should be running at.

    Thanks guys.
     
    nu_D, Oct 17, 2010
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    justinkw1 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Whoa, those are high temps! :eek:

    In the BIOS setup utility, there should be an option that controls whether or not the system fan is always on. Is it set to always on? If it's not, turn it on and see if that helps.
     
    justinkw1, Oct 18, 2010
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    What are the specs,model,age?
     
    Vanko, Oct 18, 2010
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    Yes, fan always on is "on."
    About a month old, DM4/430m/5450/4gb/320gb.
    Would uninstalling ACPI thermal sensors or whatever all that stuff i in device manager maybe help things out? I mean, why wouldn't my fans kick in properly?
     
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    Clean install?

    Yes, installing all required drivers would be a very good first step.
     
    2.0, Oct 18, 2010
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    I really don't want to re-install everything. I had to do that about 45 times when dealing with the stuttering issue. I mean, I don't think the audio drivers have anything to do with it, you know? Whatever controls the fan has issues. It can work, it just doesn't work when it should. I'm trying to see what that "thing" is so I can re-install it or something. I know the BIOS does control it, but I'm sure something in Windows has to communicate with it...just don't know what that is.
     
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    Have you tried another temp monitoring program? Furmark temps might be reporting incorrectly
     
    flipfire, Oct 20, 2010
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    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    Hwmonitor...and GPU-Z. Both show the same GPU temps.

    Are there any other temp monitoring programs out there? Thanks.

    Also, during one of the runs, the machine "beeped" which I think was to tell me the temps are too high, which would coincide with the very high temp readings. I think?
     
    nu_D, Oct 20, 2010
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    There are, but those two are more than enough.
     
    2.0, Oct 20, 2010
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