HP dv6000 Heat Problems

I never had problems with playing games on my dv6000t laptop until last year. I've had this laptop for close to 2.5 years and I'm running into heat problems. Whenever I play CPU intensive games like Team Fortress 2 or even play games on Kongregate.com that use Flash Player, my laptop starts to lag until I elevate it AND quit the game or site. I don't plan on buying a notebook cooler since that this is a problem that I never used to have a year before.

Is there a how to guide that has explicit instructions/video to cleaning the fans of the HP dv6000 model?
If anyone has had the same experience, it would be great to have some solutions.

Here are temperatures (HWMonitor):


Idle (with Firefox):

Kongregate.com game:

 

No. I did replace the keyboard once but I never saw how I could access the fans even though I did remove the switch cover, hard drive, battery and the usual procedures.

That's as far as I got to "cleaning" my laptop. I would love to know how to get access to the fans. When I read through these forums, it sounds like it takes only 2 seconds with canned air but I never ever saw how I could get full access to the fans.

 

Those temps arent bad. So, its not really overheating.


Use compressed air and spray inside the vents/fans.


You could aslo look at the manual and remove the keyboard to access the fans underneath and spraay them out.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01035677.pdf

Around Page 143.

 

From the outside? Wouldn't that just free the dust inside the vent compartment and just leave it there? Or do I have to take apart the keyboard and all of that to get access to the fans?

Well, technically it's not overheating. I guess it could be defined as "heat lag" since the temperatures always idle at 45 and max at 75-79 (CPU). It just annoys me how my laptop lags and interrupts a game.

HP dv6000 vent (not taken by me):


The top right hand corner is the fan.

 

Your temps don't look that high to me, have you checked the event viewer to see what's logged at the time of these failure.

HP recommends using compressed air to blow out the vents but to me that’s a weak solution because you just can’t blow out the tar like stuff that sticks to the fan. You can use the Service Media Library to strip your laptop to the heatsink assembly, the Service Media Library is in the sticky HP/Compaq info thread **Please read before posting**. (it's a big job)

 

I guess I'll have to strip the laptop to the base then to get to the fans. T_T

 

Yeah, thats the best choice.



Thanks for the pic, but ive seen the bottom of a dv6000, and I have the simmilar dv9000.

 

I just solved the whole problem. My bios version was old (2006). I upgraded to F.16 and my temperatures are much, much lower. Instead of the CPU temperature idling at medium to high 40's, it now sits between 31 and 38C. The GPU went from 65-67 to 59-61. I guess this is because the fans are working a bit more even though there isn't much of a sound difference.

Solution: Upgrade bios.
If you don't know your bios version, then do this:
1) open up run command (windows key + r)
2) type in "msinfo32" and press enter

You should be able to see the information under "BIOS version/date". Visit the HP support center to get the latest bios drivers. I opted for the F.16 version since it's supposed to be the most stable and "coolest" out of all the versions.