Dv5-1211 Power Issues

Sup guys I have a HP Pavilion dv5z-1000 and lately it's been giving me some power issues. At first when I would power it on, it stays on for about 10-15 minutes then powers off by itself. After it would shut off, I powered it on and the LEDs would light up for about 1-2 seconds then it powered down again. I did some research and figured it could either be an overheating problem or the battery since it was completely dead. So I went ahead and ordered a new battery and another charger just incase that went bad also since I didn't know wether it was a battery or charger problem because the battery was dead.

I received the battery today and tried it out, which I thought was the problem because I was now being able to download updates and see that my virus program was working correctly as they weren't working before I tried out the new battery, and now it goes into hibernate when the fan runs high. Now I knew it could be an overheating problem but then I noticed the fan started to run high even though the computer was not at high temperatures. It was not hot at all.

Now when that happened, when I power it on and it recovers from being in hibernate mode, in that process the fan begins to run high again and then goes into hibernate mode as well.

Are there any suggestions on what I could do? I know I could be able to turn off hibernate, but would that solve the problem? The fan would still be running at high speed.

 

Anything? 40+ views come on.

 

You might need a repaste. The thermal paste can go bad after a time if it weren't properly installed.

What GPU is in there?

BTW what are your temps? That will tell a lot. There are a few programs avail that can measure temps. Core-temp, HWmonitor, etc.

 

What exactly would I need to repaste? GPU is ATI Radeon HD 3200.

After a couple of attempts of getting it to stay on for me to get the temperatures, here's what they are:

 

Oh and the temp readings show it's running at high temperatures but it actually isn't as that screenshot was taken at about 5-8 minutes later from a cold start up and the vents weren't blowing any hot air either.

 

The temps are actual. There's something wrong with your motherboard in that it doesn't engage the fans. They should be on max with temps like that. Also, likely, you'd also need to reapply thermal paste to the CPU and GPU's heatspreader contact to the heatsink.

But before all that, you probably need to clean out the dust from your radiator vanes. You can see them on the left side where the fan is. You'd have to disassemble the DV5 to get at it properly.

 

First thing you should try to do is:
1) Clean the vents with compressed air cleaner.
If the temperatures keep the same (even over 60 degrees Celsius at idle)
Then you should:
2) Reapply, recheck the thermal paste as posted 2.0™
If that doesn't help, the problem is either with fan(s) or motherboard. Or both of them.

 

Okay when I disassembled it, I cleaned out the vents which had a good amount of dust buildup and cleaned the fins on the fan as well. After, I applied Arctic Silver ceramique thermal compound to the GPU and heatsink.

Now, when I reassembled it and fired it up, it started idling at around the 70C area. Then it slowly dropped down to 52-55C at idle. When I started browsing the internet and doing normal things, the temps started increasing and eventually it powered down.

I took it apart again (which is a pain to disassemble and reassemble) and did some more researching on how much compound should really be added, and I saw that it should only be a thin layer which I added little drops a couple times to make sure it was covered nicely, but I believe I did it wrong. I added a layer onto the heatsink and on the GPU as well. I've seen people not add compound to the GPU at all, only the heatsink and tend to get away with it. I'm wondering if I should do that since I have trouble adding the compound correctly right now.

So, I took a look at the thermal pad that's by the heatsink, and there was dust on top of it as well. I know that cannot be replaced and I came across another used heatsink that comes with the fan for a really good price.

I thought about buying that and Arctic Silver 5 because I've been told that Arctic Silver ceramique thermal compound is not good.

I reapplied the paste multiple times, which I'm not sure if im doing it right or wrong or im just using the wrong paste, and it's still over-heating. I'm pretty much looking to buy a new PC since I've had this one for about 4-5 years I think? But yeah.. it's getting really annoying that it keeps over-heating and it's a pain to keep taking it apart!!