HP computer has been REALLY HOT

My hp dv6500t laptop has been getting VERY hot lately. What should I do? The palm rest are getting hot.

 

please download HWMonitor and post your temperatures

 

Everything is in CELSIUS!

ACPI-THR1 (What is THR1?) - Min 67 max 70

Core - Min 66 Max 69

GPU - Min 60 Max 62

HDD - Min 53 Max 53

Edit: Faranheit
ACPI-THR1 (What is THR1?) - Min 150 max 157

Core - Min 150 Max 156

GPU - Min 138 Max 143

HDD - Min 127 Max 127

 

Have you cleaned out your fans? Is your laptop ventilated properly? Have you checked Task Manager?

 

I am guessign I am suppose to use compress air to do it?

 

Also, look at getting a zalman laptop cooler. If you're laptop is sitting on wood, metal, basically anything that absorbs heat, your laptop will not be able to disperse the heat properly. Also, use compressed air to clean out the laptop. Also, if you don't want to buy a laptop cooler, prop the back of your laptop up a little bit to allow air flow from the CPU vents.

 

ACPI-THR1 is the thermo sensor on the motherboard. all the temps looks in range. did you just finish a game or encoding when you got the temps? it is afterall summer. give the fan a cleaning and invest in a notebook cooler.

 

IS there any guide which tells exactly how to do it, especially the fans??

 

You just go out and buy a can of compressed air and use it to clean any dust or debris blocking the vents. There isn't any specific guide that I know about, it sounds like you're making it more complicated that what it is. Just don't tip the can of air upside down when you're using it or it will freeze your laptop and anything it touches (dangerous for your skin).

 

In my case a can of compressed air didn't help. I had to remove the keyboard in order to remove the fan. The procedure is quite easy, just find the keyboard screws on the back of your notebook, unscrew them and then pull 4 pins on the keyboard between the F 1-12 keys and pull the keyboard. Now unscrew the 2 screws that hold the fan and pull it. I discovered there that half of the holes where still covered in thick dust even after the treatment with compressed air.

 

I was just afraid doing this might push dust inside the notebook case..

 

Ahh, I see your point, wasn't thinking that's what you meant. Well, one way you could really clean it out is by taking out the keyboard and the hand rest. Taking off the keyboard and the hand rest isn't that complicated of a procedure, but you shouldn't be doing this all the time. For the most part though you can just spray off the vents to make sure that dust and debris isn't blocking them. You can start off by wiping them off or spraying the vents at a side angle to try and blow the dust off and outside, and then finish it off with just blowing the vents inward to get rid of all the dust blocking the vents from the inside.

You can go and download the manual for your laptop in HP's support section of their website. Their manual will tell you how to take the keyboard and top panel off your laptop so you can dust off the inside, but like I said, you don't need to be this thorough on a regular basis.

 

Just wondering, how abt if I put the vacuum cleaner's nozzle on the fan vent and suck all the dust away???

 

You could do that too, but I would still use a can of compressed air after you use the vacuum.

 

My notebook is abt 4 months old right now, and I am experiencing hot palm rests and touchpad. They are not unbearable, but they are still uncomfortable to touch. My current temp. are 48C for both cores and 50C for GPU and THR1. The temps were abt 60C for both cores, GPU and THR1 today during the day. So I propped the notebook a little, and temps came down by about 5C-7C, which is good, but still the touchpad and palm rests are hot and uncomfortable. How do I cool these down??

 

Not a good idea with the vacuum. The vacuum suction will create static.

 

The temperatures for your laptop are normal, and so is the hot touchpad and palm rest. There really is no way to get around this. A couple things you could do, is to put Arctic Silver 5 on the CPU and GPU, but it won't lower your temperatures enough to feel a difference. Also, go out and purchase a laptop cooling pad such as a zalman. The laptop coolers will push all the hot air away from the laptop and allow your laptop to breath and cool off faster. This will help alleviate some of the heat and help a little with the palm rest and touchpad temperature.

 

the hard drive directly under the palm rest. the ram is directly under the touchpad. the only way to reduce the heat is get a notebook cooler.

 

same prob with my 9700t, i guess its time to invest on a notebook cooler! thanks guys

 

laptops tend to overheat during this time of the year because of the hot weather, the best thing to do is clean the fan, and apply Arctic Silver 5 on the cpu heat sink. Doing this along should lower the temp 10c degrees.

I did to my old laptop when it was a year old and it really made a difference with out buying a cooling pad. I am about to reapply the thermal past to my year old dv2000z since it have been running hot lately.