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    Very Concerted about Temperature

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Dest, Mar 18, 2007.

  1. Dest

    Dest Notebook Guru

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    Hello everyone, I have a HP dv6000t with a Nvidia 7400 GPU.

    When I am playing Half-Life 2 based games (CSS, DODS), the temperature of the notebook is at least 70C to 85C, sometimes up to 90C in rare cases. I even went out and bought the Targus Chill Mat and used it during those temperature readings!

    And when it goes up in the 80C's, my game starts acting extremely choppy.

    What is going on?
     
    Dest, Mar 18, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's getting hot enough to trigger a self-protecting choke mechanism. Get's too hot, and the card will underclock itself to lower it's own temps. Analogy: you pull your hand away from a hot stove that just burned your hand without thinking about it.
     
    Greg, Mar 18, 2007
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  3. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    night_2004 is correct. The graphics card is getting hot enough to slow itself down, and so reduce its temperature. If you are under warranty, then getting in touch with HP and getting the notebook repaired that way will be a good idea.
     
    Zero, Mar 18, 2007
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