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    HP Pavilion dv9000 overheating problems.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bobthefish08, Apr 10, 2009.

  1. bobthefish08

    bobthefish08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I made this same topic the other day and it seems like it got deleted. Im not sure if anyone responded to it or not so ill post it again.

    Basic problem, laptop gets so hot at times it can cause burn marks. While playing WoW, ill get 60+ FPS then as soon as it heats up, yes im using a cooling pad, it then drops to 15 FPS and will run at that for the entire time im playing.

    If anyone has any info, please post, ive been looking for an answer for the last year. You can also email me at [email protected]

    Thanks.
     
    bobthefish08, Apr 10, 2009
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    razorjack Notebook Consultant

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    I assume you have cleaned out the cpu fan by blowing compressed air through and getting dust out.How is the fan speed when all this is going on!What is your power option set to!try changing it to performance when you game and see if that help's.
     
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    bobthefish08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes ive already done that and its still getting hot. The performance is maxed out and I have no way of controlling my fan speeds.
     
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    Tippey764, Apr 10, 2009
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    bobthefish08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh, thanks.

    I still need help though. I have no idea what to do about this. Ive read and tried so many things but nothing has helped. If anyone has any thoughts or info, I would greatly appreciate it.
     
    bobthefish08, Apr 12, 2009
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    wagster Newbie

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    Yeah - it's a problem really. Mine reached 96 degrees today and the Core2Duo is only rated up to 100.

    Here's what I've done:

    1: Turn the machine upside-down
    2: Lay a pencil on the underneath, at the back edge near the hinge
    3: Cut a strip of duct tape the same length as the pencil and neatly tape the pencil onto the chassis

    It's a bit Heath Robinson, but the CPU is now running at 65-70 instead of 85-90. I'd rather not have writing implements taped to my laptop, but I've already cooked one hard drive in this machine and I don't fancy cooking another.
     
    wagster, Sep 5, 2009
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    Hmm. Instead of the pencil thing you can simply take out the battery when using the laptop on AC (this prolongs its life as well), and put it under the left side of the notebook. I do that all the time when i use the laptop in bed, i found out that it is not needed otherwise.

    I think there's something wrong with your cooling system (fan clogged with dust or stopped entirely?) because on my dv9000 CPU temps are 74C under IntelBurnTest and GPU reaches 80C at most when gaming, and that's while overclocked. I got mine for $300 because of an overheating issue too, and it turns out the fan cable had unplugged itself from the mobo... Maybe same thing happened to yours? If the fan isn't loud at those temperatures that is probably the case.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Sep 5, 2009
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