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    Extremely Hot dv6500t

    Discussion in 'HP' started by thevjm, Dec 2, 2007.

  1. thevjm

    thevjm Notebook Evangelist

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    I recently did a clean install of Vista on the system in my sig. It has now been getting hotter than usual on the entire left half of the laptop. What do you guys think that problem is?
     
    thevjm, Dec 2, 2007
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  2. trackstar

    trackstar Notebook Consultant

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    could be vista indexing all your files on the drive, which runs the HD and the processor. if it doesnt cool off in a week or 2 then it might be something else.
     
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  3. CrashOverride

    CrashOverride Notebook Consultant

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    in a week or two plastic chassis of a dv6500t would just melt.

    what are the temperatures of CPU and GPU ?
     
    CrashOverride, Dec 2, 2007
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    thats weird. i had a dv9500t in my possesion for a week or so and played some heavy games on it even w/vista. No heat problems at all, nothing unusual. Maybe its deffective? or is it just after you installed Vista? thats unusual ive never heard of an OS making a computer hotter, but who knows anymore. :)
     
    ahl395, Dec 2, 2007
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  5. thevjm

    thevjm Notebook Evangelist

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    I turned off indexing and it seemed to help.

    Thanks
     
    thevjm, Dec 3, 2007
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  6. TRAFFICBLOWS

    TRAFFICBLOWS Notebook Geek

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    How do you turn off indexing? Is it necessary?
     
    TRAFFICBLOWS, Dec 3, 2007
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  7. dubhagat

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    might be some manufacturing defect
    as i am using it for over a week now no heating issues yet, and fan too doestn come up ever 2 min like few ppl complained earlier
    i tried out FEAR too and it was just warm then, but am running xp and havent installed ms latest search software so don't know if indexing can cause such an issue.
     
    dubhagat, Dec 3, 2007
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  8. Uxion

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    Its probably and indexing issue or a manufacturing defect, I would get it checked out.
     
    Uxion, Dec 3, 2007
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