I just got my dv5t

Sorry for my poor English I am from China.

I just stared it for about one and a half hours and used Everset(Ultimate edition) to test its temperature. It read 60(celsius) for GPU and 59 for CPU. It is a little terrible since I did nothing, just surfing on internet for about on
hour. Now I am testing the stability by Everset and it is still worrying
that after 5 minutes full-load CPU running the temperature reached 76 celsius.
Now the temperature is still increasing but the speed is slow.

By the way, I put the computer very closed to window and there is a strong
cold wind blowing to me and my dv5t, i even feel pretty cold here. So i guess
if you try to use it in a warm environment then something may begin to burn.

I am going to test it with 3Dmark and will post the result later. I hope
everything will be ok after the testify.

 

What power plan was it set on?

 

It is HP's recommended plan.
I suppose power saver would be better.

 

I can see it now...

"HP One year Enhanced Service Plan for HP DV4/5 due to intense heat."

 

I ran the 3dmark twice. The first time I just kept the notebook on my desk and closed the window, then the score is very poor 2200. The second time I raised the notebook to keep its buttom about 2 inch high above the desk, and used my 22 inch electronic fan to blow directly to it, then i got 4450...


Anyway, if there is no heat issue, then it would be a perfect notebook.
If you would like to play 3D game very often and do not care much about
mobility, then i would recommend this machine highly to you. However, if you
, like me, are a graduate student and may carry this machine everyday between apt and library, then, keep away from it or return it if you have bought it unfortunaly.

 

where did you see it....

 

For some reason there seems to be more people mentioning heat issues with the dv5 than the dv7...hmmm. I wondering if the fans are placed differently or something.

Anyways, shallpion, try raising up the back of the notebook to increase airflow. Or you could buy a cooler to put underneath it.

EDIT: it seems you already tried raising the back.

I've also heard that ejecting that little plastic piece out of the left side of your notebook can help with temps a bit.

He's being sarcastic.

 

That's great. The only time people take me seriously is when I am attempting a bad joke. jeez lol

 

Well. In fact this machine's heat is not that serious, just as you said, simply by raising its buttom can make it better. However, I think this issue is not a big deal for desktop, but not good for notebook. People buy notebook for convenience, if there no convenience I suppose they would rather to buy
a desktop. Anyway it is still in HP's 21-day return deadline, I may consider
to return it. In fact many of my friends warned me that it is not practical to buy a notebook to play hard 3D game. Maybe we should buy a notebook for business and buy a desktop or even PlayStation to play 3d game hehe.

I do hope HP could make better machine.

 

Holy cow!

Those are outrageous temps, especially if you were just using it for surfinf the Internet.

 

Turgidly, if you ran this machine for 3 hours, then just raist it and touch its bottom or the desk, you may scream up and think you put your hand carelessly into a microwave

 

Maybe something is defective or i don't know what, but many people have reviewed this notebook and said the heat is reasonable...

 

yeah i read that most people in the official thread have temperatures of around 40 to 45 degrees. maybe even cooler/

 

Being frankly the heat is not unacceptable, it only makes your wrists a little uncomfortable. And I think the machine is stable since i noticed that when the temperature reaches 90/70(GPU/CPU) it never goes higher. I should suggest any people before you buy it you'd better get one and try it out, to see if the temp is acceptable. The reason why I would like to return it is because as a graduate student I have to do many hard calculations by this machine everyday and i do fear long time full-load operation may harm it, or
lose some important data. Originally I just thought to buy a laptop with strong GPU so i can play some favor 3D game, I never thought it is so heat.
Being a normal customer the machine is indeed great. If you are a heat-sensitive customer you'd better choose some classical models of fujitsu or thinkpad--according to my experience you can hardly appreciate their heat.

 

I do feel strange for my machine, now Everest indicates that it CPU temperature is still 60, the same with GPU.

Now I would raise its bottom for a while to see if the temp decreases.

 

hmm i got a dv5t.. mine are in the lower 40's when i to regular stuff. when i game it goes up to 50-60 max

 

Look at it this way: As long as the laptop doesn't have overheating issues, you could use it to stay warm on those cold winter days. Then when summer time comes, get a cheap cooling pad.

 

I tried another software SpeedFan , now it is only 39/42(core 0/core 1).....
hehe I think different softwares read different number...

Try some 3D game enen..

 

My boss just gave me many jobs to do and I found now I have to carry my notebook everyday T_T. Maybe I should buy another one for daily work and keep this as a gaming machine.

 

I was just looking for 3dmark and everest and some demo 3dgame....

 

Hi folks,

@ Shallpion ...

Q: which Graphic card did you get with your dv5t?

Shallpion ... do you have HWMonitor 1.10 program http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php use this program to chart your GPU Temp ...

- When you 1st turn on your laptop
- 5, 10, and 15 minutes later and at IDLE ... meaning you are not running any programs or anything ... the laptop is ON and just sitting idle ...

If your GPU (Graphic card) Temps climb up under these conditions ... then I personally would look for another laptop and Preferrably one with ATI card ...

G!

 

9600GT GPU
I tried your software and it reads:

CPU 42/43
GPU 54

I suppose it should be an average temp during normal operation since I
have ran this machine about 4 hours but i did not run any 3D game.
Maybe I will tell you how I feel about it later.

In fact these number are meaningless, only two issues you should care
1. if the system is stable
2. if you feel uncomfortable for the surface temp
My feel to dv5t is that it seems ok for the first question, but a little bad for the second. Although its core temp seems the same as my roomate's t61, but his machine feels very cool while mine like a heating pad. I suppose you may feel more uncomfortable if you try to play 3D game for a couple of hours.
If you wish to use it as gaming machine, I suggest you to buy a external keyboard, and a cooler pad if you wish.
By the way, I have raised the bottom always.

 

Hi Shallpion,

THANKS for posting back your Temps, especially for GPU ... since NVIDIA has been having some Heating problems. But in your case a GPU Temp of 54C that is GREAT ... so may be these NVIDIA 9600M GT card have not been plagued with NVIDIA's curse.

As far as surface heat ... I think it is probably just the way HPs run ... a little on warm side. Is your laptop surface warmer on the right or left? And which side is your Hard Drive?

G!

 

Yes i have heard that HP's home machine usually gets hot on surface. One good point is that although if feels hot on the surface the core temperature is quite ok and, the best point is it never goes higher when it reaches top temp 90/75---i ran 3Dmark06 yesterday for several times to testify the GPU temperature. As most of HP machines my dv5t is warm on left side, during high 3D running both side are hot

While, I should remind you that I have raised the notebook by a book so it performs pretty good on core temp control. However if you lay it down directly on the table then it is a little terrible. The buttom is realy realy quite hot. So if you do not mind add a cooler pad and the surface temp, then I suppose you can run some hard 3D game all the day. I would not suggest wrist-sensitive people to use this dv5t since if you use the keyboard for quite long time then you may feel uncomfortable.

Anyway I have to acknowledge this graphics card is excellent at heat-controling so the heat issue of dv5t i suppose has nothing to do with this nVidia card but the hard-driveer and the design of HP.

I am preparing return it some time later since I decide to abandon 3D game and choose a cool business machine. It is a difficult decision since I do love this machine when I am at home

 

You could just get the HP dv5t with the Intel integrated graphics card. I hear those laptops run a lot cooler and the battery life is also a lot better too.

 

im going with integrated graphics and a P series processor specifically to combat any heat issues. will I be okay?

 

One more thing is that you have not yet performed a CLEAN INSTALL. I'm willing to bet that there are many programs that came pre-installed on the notebook and running at start-up. The necessary programs running in the background may be using a lot of CPU during idle raising the temps. I've had this issue with my notebook as well(dv6700z). After I performed a clean install my idle temps dropped by 10 C. Before: 50's idle, now: 35-40 idle.

 

I am sorry that I did not try integrated card on this machine, but I suppose it should be better. But if you do not choose 9600GT then dv5t becomes a just normal notebook.

I just ran NFS 11 for a couple hours and I have to feelings about it

1.The graphics card is good, but I think the speed of CPU and Hard-driver may be bottle-neck for global performance

2.You have to buy a cooler pad, or something may begin to burn actually.

 

I don't think a Montevina(nor penryn, nor Santa Rosa) Core 2 Duo CPU would bottleneck an Nvidia 9600GT. The hard-drive speed only affects loading times. Although the higher density platter (250gb+) 5400rpm hard drives are just as fast as 160gb 7200rpm hard drives.

 

that's all im going for. sexy looking notebook that can handle my work.

i change my desktop setup so often i dont think i could commit to a gaming laptop....

 

yeah maybe I was wrong. I just feel strange that if I try the highest performance of NFS 11 then the fps is not satisfactory. Maybe this 3d game
is too hard..

 

Have you tried doing a clean install? Also try running vista in high performance mode instead of hp recommended(which is similiar to balanced).

 

Since I have decided to return this machine back to HP, so I did not try this---If I prepare to keep my dv5t then surely I would reinstall a clean vista or a xp.

 

You should try a clean install before returning it. Also have you tried the high performance profile?

 

I have no install disc of xp or vista at hand....
yes the machine is always high performance profile. I raised the whole
notebook by two books and used my big electronic fan to blow it intensively to keep the machine running as cooly as possible so that the system may
not reduce the speed of GPU as self-protection---I hope what I did is correct....

 

That is the first thing I am going to do. I have a full, bought with my own money copy of Windows Vista Ultimate that is going to be installed on this thing. The whole hard drive is going to be blown away when I first get it.