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    DV4 series temperature issue that serious?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by chinz85, Oct 18, 2008.

  1. chinz85

    chinz85 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi ..
    I've been looking around for this laptop and notice from forum that the heat problem is quite a serious problem.

    If i use this laptop to surf net and idle for few hours, will the laptop temperature keep increasing? (wanna know how high is the temperature)

    Can this solve by using laptop cooler? (I heard some ppl said is no use)

    Any1 who used this laptop do mind to share ur experiance?
     
    chinz85, Oct 18, 2008
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've had mine for a few days, high-end configuration (Turion Ultra 2.2GHz). Idles in the low 40C range, higher under load of course but never really hot. It helps to have the 12 cell battery that props up the back of the notebook. Best Buy has the dv4-1155se on sale until the end of today if you want one. I'm very happy with mine. The fan does run 24x7. I haven't gone into the BIOS setup yet so it defaults to that behavior. The Radeon 3200 with HDMI is a VERY nice improvement over the GeForce 6150.
     
    brianstretch, Oct 18, 2008
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  3. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

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    Temperatures doesn't really gradually increase, only from a cold boot up will it start warming up. After that, it usually has a stable temp depending on what you are doing, so if you are idle, its just going to stay at 40C, not gradually go up (unless you have something trapping heat, like having it on top of covers).

    I don't think it has that bad of a heat issue as something like a dv5t w/ its 9600M GT, but if you want to invest in a cooler, go ahead, it will help.
     
    Chango99, Oct 18, 2008
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