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    DV6894CA Windows XP

    Discussion in 'HP' started by coleabbott, May 20, 2009.

  1. coleabbott

    coleabbott Newbie

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    I have windows XP installed on my dv6894ca notebook computer, all went fine and I followed the guide posted here and used some of the drivers, the rest I obtained from the HP Support site for my notebook. My problem is that my laptop seems to be running very hot compared to what It did with Vista. The fans are on a lot more, and the notebook is hotter to touch than it was running Vista. It's almost like the CPU isn't slowing itself down enough, or the GPU isnt. Im not sure why it is doing this, any pointers or tips would be nice. It just seems like with XP everything gets hot, faster, and doesn't cool down that well.
     
    coleabbott, May 20, 2009
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    did you install chipset drivers and gpu drivers?
    and update to the latest ones?
     
    timtravel42, May 22, 2009
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    coleabbott Newbie

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    Yes I have both installed, I am running the latest chipset drivers from intel, and 156.55 drivers for my 8400m gpu
     
    coleabbott, May 22, 2009
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    rief Notebook Consultant

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    Have you check the CPU throttle setting?
    In command prompt type: powercfg /q

    The processor setting should be adaptive. If it does, then XP setting should be OK. You may have a hardware problem.

    156.55 is an old Nvidia driver. Try downloading new driver from Nvidia site.
     
    rief, May 24, 2009
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