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    Fan Speed/Temps With WinXP DV6700

    Discussion in 'HP' started by coleabbott, Aug 10, 2008.

  1. coleabbott

    coleabbott Newbie

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    I just recently installed windows XP on my dv6894ca notebook. Everything runs great driver wise, I just notice the fan never shuts off, and my battery life is worse than it was with Vista. I have the power plan set to Portable/Laptop. But the temps are around 50-55c on both cores at all times. GPU is at 58c at all times, unless I run a game. On Vista with more things open my computer was quieter, and cooler. Yet with XP its running like a pig... I thought it would be the other way around. Any suggestions on how to fix this? It's really annoying.

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    coleabbott, Aug 10, 2008
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    i think reinstalling vista is a good choice here.
     
    wywern209, Aug 10, 2008
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    coleabbott Newbie

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    XP is way faster than Vista, just louder and not as cool. It must be a driver or something I have to tweak to stop this. My fan is running almost at max all times. Except when I run the cpu at 100%. It runs at full speed then.
     
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Could be drivers IMHO.
     
    The_Observer, Aug 10, 2008
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    coleabbott Newbie

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    What kind of drivers would cause this? I'm using the latest chipset version from HP.ca and the latest nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com
     
    coleabbott, Aug 10, 2008
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