New HP Pavilion DV7 3030 Fan / Heat Issues

Hey everyone,

I recently (a week ago) bought a 17" DV7 3030.

Specs:
AMD Turion II M500 2x2,2 GHz
2x320 GB HDD
ATI Mobility Radeon 4650
4GB DDR2 RAM

Everything was fine at the beginning, but the fact that the fan was constantly on, when I already disabled the "Fan Always On" option, was a bit odd. Then I installed a game (Burnout Paradise) and I was quite positively surprised about the performance. But after a few minutes of playing, the fan ramped up so high you could think the laptop is gonna take off in a minute.
I downloaded everest and prime95, activated the prime95 maximum heat test, and watched as the temperature went up to an astonishing 82°C, and the fan went vacuum cleaner on me; exactly what I already experienced before in the game.

So, never actually having had a Laptop before, and just having seen others', I really don't know if the laptop heating up so much when running a resource demanding application is normal or not. I heard that a clogged cooler could be the problem, but as the computer is brand new, that can hardly be the case. The CPU and GPU aren't exactly high performance models either, and they are both 45 and 55 nm units, so they should really not create so much heat. I also heard before that HP is known for their poor cooling solutions and heat management problems. Is this an example of that?

What really confuses me as well, is that on the review section of the page where I bought it from people were praising this laptop for it being so incredibly quiet, and from what i've seen it really isn't.

The fan being so noisy is really annoying when youre trying to relax playing a game, so what do you suggest? Any ideas? Thoughts?
I'd really appreciate anything, because right now im thinking about sending back this laptop and getting one from another manufacturer.

FalconsPrey

PS: Ingame the GPU reaches a quite high 75 C as well...

 

I have a brand new 3020sa - i have a M520 so better than yours but only an HD4530 and one 320gb disk . I had no problems turning the fan off in Bios and it worked. I did not pushed it far so no big temps. CPU seems too high, but the GPU seems okay for that card. See other threads about HD4650.

I'll test the prime95.

-----Edit-----
Tested in Blend mode for 16 min no errors or warnings.

CPU Temperature 67-68ºC this with room temperature of 18.5 Cº so a room temp of 25ºC will give certainly more.

GPU Temperature 55 ºC

Noise fan for this was okay, not much pushed.

7 min after finishing the test temperatures are CPU 47ºC GPU 44ºC

 

Well my issue is that when my laptop is idle, the M500 is usually at 50 - 55 C, and the 4650 at roughly the same temperature, with the fan being constantly on, with surrounding temperatures in the low 20s.
When operating with AC power and intermediate power mode (that clocks down the CPU when not used) that is.
Seeing as you get lower temps with a higher clocked CPU, I suppose this is a technical error? Or what else could it be? I really don't know.

 

I suspect there are no differences between M520 and M500 except when pushing the CPU.
I think your case might be sympathy via GPU and the one more disk you have that makes it hotter overall, note your HD4650 is 10ºC hotter than mine HD4530 in idle. I am now between 47-50ºC and 44 for GPU. I am also in AC power.

Btw i wanted your model with better graphic card but here HP Portugal is snobbish and puts only DV7's for 1000 euros and more. I am in a very rich country it seems.So i had to get a British model that sells here didn't wanted to risk a 3030 from a Germany store.

 

Actually, the GPU idles at 44 C. Same as yours. CPU idles at 50 - 54 C.
New Data: During Burnout Paradise: CPU at 80 C, GPU at 71 C.

Just my question is, can I somehow prevent the laptop from heating up so much, and will it be any different if I buy a laptop from another manufacturer like Asus? I mean, will it also heat up so much and be so utterly loud, or could it be quieter?
In the end the final question still is, should I keep this laptop or get another..

 

Actually those temperatures are quite normal for notebook processors and gpus. About fan noise, probably it is the same drill about poor HP cooling designs.

You can try downvolting your processor using k10stat: performance will remain the same, but it will produce less heat and consume less power, at price of stability.