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    HP DV4T-5100 w/ 650M - Overheating Hell

    Discussion in 'HP' started by VideSupra, Mar 28, 2013.

  1. VideSupra

    VideSupra Notebook Consultant

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    Hello all,

    Last summer I purchased the brand spanking new HP DV4T-5100 with 650M 2g video card. I used it fine and it ran like a charm - played BF3, D3, etc on an external monitor with gorgeous graphics.

    However, recently I've found that it overheats non-stop. 20-30 minutes on an external monitor with ANY game, from Skyrim to BF3 to D3 makes it overheat and shut down. I've elevated the cooling, updated all my drivers and BIOS, the whole shebang and nothing.

    I've called HP support and run through all the trouble shooting and the best they can offer is to have me ship it in for two weeks to have them look at it (still under warranty, thankfully). My question is, what are my opitions? From what I've read they just dropped the ball on thermal design and no longer offer the 650M for this overheating reason. What am I supposed to do now? The reason I bought this laptop (lightweight gaming) has now been neutered since I can't actually game on it.

    Suggestions? I guess I could open it up and apply a diff thermal paste but that seems like it would void the warranty.
     
    VideSupra, Mar 28, 2013
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  2. FMDV4

    FMDV4 Newbie

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    Cant really help you, except that I have had the dv4 laptop with i5-3210 and nvidia 650m for 4 months now and I havent had a single overheating problem, I use a notepal u2 base. Actually the GPU doesnt get that hot, usually never higher than 75C when gaming, the CPU actually gets hotter at max 85C with CPU intensive games.
    If it is still under warranty then you probably should send it and let them find out whats the problem
     
    FMDV4, Mar 30, 2013
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