HP dv4 heating issues

Hello,

I recently purchased the highly touted HP dv4-1155se from Best Buy. I am very pleased with it so far, and have found 64 bit vista much less of a pain than I thought.

With that being said, the only thing I am worried about is the heat issues - it seems to get very hot when playing a game or intensive graphic operation. I was using CPUID Monitor, and the temperature of the AMD Turion X2 peaked at 82 Celsius. I assume this temperature isn't normal? Is this temperature hazardous for my computer? Do you feel like it could go even higher? I feel like it should handle heat better than this, especially after playing a game for only 30-60 minutes. I don't know though

Thank you for your attention

 

82 CELSIUS??? Dude, that's 180 degrees Fahrenheit!!. Are you sure you're looking at a C value? That hot enough to fry an egg (158F), not to mention your hand.

HWMonitor Values are in Celsius to the left, and Fahrenheit to the right. If it's running at 82F, that's actually a bit cooler than most systems depending on the area of temperature monitoring.

If you're realling recording 82C, you've got a serious problem. Unless of course your stove goes on the blink and you need to fix breakfast....

Check that temp again.

 

I have that exact same model. 84C is higher than I'd like to see. Mine seems to top out at 70C. I assume that nothing is blocking the fan intake on the bottom left of the notebook? The other temp HWMonitor lists should be the GPU temp, what does it get up to?

 

Nope, that's the real temp. I took a SS after only about 15 minutes of playing NFS Carbon... =[

Which of the fans is the fan intake? I know it is blowing out air just fine, but it might not be taking in air well, I guess. I can feel the heat is mainly near the front left of the notebook, around the hard drive (says HP Protect Smart).

I don't know if it is a faulty internal cooling system or something like that, hope my notebook isn't messed up =X. Thanks for the help guys

Edit. No GPU monitoring in the tool either...it is integrated, could that be the reason?

 

After playing world of warcraft on my laptop a dv7 it gets up to 60°C but i have a more advanced cooling system and a more energy efficent cpu so it runs cooler. Your temperature is fine as long as its only that high while playing a game. Oh and my graphics card reaches 80°C.

 

I believe that the TZ01 temp listed in HWMonitor is the GPU (northbridge). That's running at a more comfortable temp. That's the one that you really have to worry about. CPUs are easy to replace, chipset failures require a motherboard swap.

The fan intake vent is on the bottom of the notebook, with air venting out the back. Only 1 fan. The 12 cell battery props the notebook up so that the intake should be very unrestricted.

Sounds like your HD is running hot and the heat it's dumping into the chassis is causing your higher than normal CPU temp. What brand/model HD is it? Device Manager should give you enough information to identify it. Mine's a Toshiba. The front left corner of my dv4z only gets mildly warm, maybe just warm if I really work the HD.

 

The HDD is a Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2. It is a 320 gb hard drive.

There are three vents on the bottom, do all of those take in air? The 12 cell battery does help. I do have to use the computer on my lap often, since the only alternative is to use it on my bed covers (bad bad bad). I will try to use a desk or harder surface and note the temperature.

I don't understand why the HD would get so hot though. It isn't getting that overworked, I would imagine.

Oh, and the GPU is a Radeon 3200 HD, integrated

 

The intake is the big vent in the back left corner of the bottom of the notebook. Make sure your leg isn't blocking it when it's on your lap. The other two vents are under the RAM and HD.

Ugh, Fujitsu is the one HD brand I really don't like. Every time I've found a HP/Compaq notebook with a broken drive it's been a Fujitsu. That drive did get a good review here though:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=251827
so maybe it's just me?

I doubt the HD could heat up enough to make that big of a difference in system temp, now that I think about it. Your CPU should be able to handle the temps you reported and your GPU is doing even better so I don't think your notebook is in any danger, it's just... puzzling.

 

Well, I just played around for a while on the wood desk, kept it as ventilated as possible. Topped out at 81 and stayed around 77 while playing. However, that is as high as it rose, I'm glad of that. The GPU topped out at 74, that's slightly more manageable and better, like you say.

However, the whole thing is still kind of high, I imagine. It is extremely well ventilated, and the bottom left corner is still extremely hot. Trust me, this is puzzling me as much as it is you =].

 

The hard disk issue is troubling me very much. The hard disk seems to be getting really hot, even during normal internet use and such. I know there are ventilation holes, but I do not think there is a fan in there. Is it necessary? Or should it maintain a nice temperature just as is? I'm not sure what the problem is, and I don't want the hard disk to overheat =/

 

Please let me know what you did for urs, I have the same Model and it overheats VERY quickly...It scares me...Please write back.

 

i have a problem with the hd, my hd allway the temperature goes up and never goes down, yesterday was at 55ºc i think its not normal, i have this temperature in idle mode, what do you recomend, ??

 

Well, I didn't really do much different since this topic died out. The hard disk does heat up, but I figured it is not that large of a problem. The CPU temperature does not go above 82ish now that I have it well ventilated/on a desktop (my HD doesn't have temp monitoring). I imagined that while it wasn't ideal, it could certainly handle that temperature without serious damages. Sorry I cannot be of more help

 

please, can you tell me about your hd notebook values please?

 

Not much I can tell you. It does get very warm/hot with some use though