DV9000t 7600 Performance Issues?

I got this laptop a couple of weeks ago and so far, I love it. but I've run into a small problem with games.

When I play source engine games, they run fine for a bit, then slow down to a C R A W L (single digit FPS) for a minute or two, then back up again. I thought this was a heat issue but the NView properties is reporting my heat as 61c.

Could this be a ram issue? It's got 1gb of PC4200, and a 5400rpm HD.

I experience a similar problem in CoD2, but it mainly just runs slow.

What is causing this? Drivers are updated to the newest ones HP offers, and I've turned off most programs running in the BG.

 

I think it could be the powermizer application. slows down the graphics card to save battery life, check if its running in the nvidia control panel. seems like its turning on or switching to max power savings mode while ur running on AC?

 

I just turned powermizer to run all the time at max performance, no difference.

Also, my computers fan is running at all times it seems, whether im gaming or not, and it doesnt seem warm at all. Is this a problem with the computer?

 

do u have any temperature monitoring application running like speedfan or RMClock? check speedfan for the temps of ur drives and CPU, it cud tell why ur fan is on all the time. but then again have u upgraded ur bios to the latest? is ur laptop sitting on a flat well ventilated surface (not a cushion or your lap)

 

Well, did you always have this problem or is it recent? Another very important thing is to get a can of compressed air and blow out the vent underneath the laptop. Lots of dust will collect there without you knowing it impeding airflow.

Also, it could be the CPU downclocking itself so I'd look into that also.

 

its always had this problem, i"ve cleaned it out.

Is there a way to prevent the CPU from downclocking? Its a T5200.

 

While plugged in, set your power profile to High Performance and see if that helps.

If you already have it set to High Performance, ignore me.

If you didn't before, and now High Performance makes it work fine, try changing the profile that you had it on previously to mimic the High Performance profile while on AC power.

Mind you, if you created the power profile, it doesn't always work. I know I had problems creating a power profile that ran at full throttle while plugged in. I basically had to just modify the HP Recommended profile to suit my needs.

 

use RMClock to enable logging (havent used it myself so dunno how it works) and run a game, maybe itll show u what happens when it slows down to see if its the CPU or something else.