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    Helping my HP nc8430 stay cool

    Discussion in 'HP' started by lfcmac, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. lfcmac

    lfcmac Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a HP nc8430 and its started to suffer a little more from overheating recently, regularly reaching over 80degrees when playing more intensive games (such as Medieval II: Total War) and sometimes closing in on 90degrees and over.

    I was wondering what I could do to help my laptop stay cool? Are there any changes I could make to the laptop itself? Or would buying an Antec notebook cooler sort it out?

    Thanks :)
     
    lfcmac, Jul 5, 2007
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  2. celondil

    celondil Notebook Consultant

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    Airflow always helps, so doing what you can in that regard is a good idea. I kind of wish their adjustable notebook stand had some dead space to mount a different fan, but its not engineered with any place really to do that.

    If you live in a 'dusty' environment and/or had the laptop for a while, you might want to clean the heatsink. I believe there was a non-laptop specific guide on cooling and cleaning guide on this site. Stuff like changing the thermal compound, etc. Basic idea though would be to take out the keyboard and blow out the heatsinks fins with compressed air.

    You might want to consider undervolting the CPU using NHC, but doing that could be dangerous, so only go down that road it you really want to be aggressive and know what your doing.

    And don't forget (being summer) that if your ambient temps are going up, so will the system's temps.
     
    celondil, Jul 5, 2007
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    Redneck_Randy Notebook Geek

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    80 degrees is not hot at all for a laptop and would be considered not hot at all. Mine runs that temp at idle.

    Are you sure the program you are using for the temp is not giving you Celsius instead of Degrees?

    Randy
     
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    celondil Notebook Consultant

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    I'm pretty sure he meant Celsius. The nc8430 idles at around 50c which is way higher than 80-90F.
     
    celondil, Jul 5, 2007
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    Mine idles at... 65 degrees or so right now. But it's pretty warm in here.
     
    WiseDuck, Jul 5, 2007
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    Mine too and it's undervolted.
    It's 65C at idle and 72C when working hard.

    Steve
     
    sjordi, Jul 6, 2007
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    lfcmac Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the help guys. I have a cooling pad ordered and will look to follow some, if not all, of the cooling guide whenever I can get a chance.
     
    lfcmac, Jul 6, 2007
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    buy a cooling pad also keep all your air vents clean
     
    mtor, Jul 6, 2007
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    So has anyone tried switching to Arctic Silver 5 on their an nc8430? I haven't really checked that before, but I'm curious how hard it was to remove the heatsink on it.... beyond what it says in the manual.
     
    celondil, Jul 6, 2007
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