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    v5000z normal temp range?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by PanamaMike, Apr 23, 2006.

  1. PanamaMike

    PanamaMike Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm in the process of buying one of these laptops. The humble Sempron 3300 version. Could someone post normal operating temperature ranges for this laptop? I'd like to know the idle and pegged temps. for burn in purposes.

    Regards,

    Mike
     
    PanamaMike, Apr 23, 2006
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    Normally the fan starts at 55C and shuts off at 50C, so you proably won't see temps get much above 55C depending on how much airflow the intake fan on the bottom of the notebook is getting.
     
    brianstretch, Apr 23, 2006
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    Brian,

    Have you ever tried to stress your system to see what type of temperatures you could reach?

    I can reach more than 60 + on my Toshiba Satellite. For this laptop the fan also kicks in at around 55 degrees, but the temperature can still climb :)

    Mike
     
    PanamaMike, Apr 23, 2006
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    MobileMeter can't read my dv8000z, nor the other current HP Turion notebooks, and I haven't found another monitoring program that works. All HP notebooks that don't run their fans 24x7 follow similar patterns though (sometimes the fan start point is higher than 55C, depends on your notebook and BIOS revision).

    Anyone know of a temperature monitoring program that works on the current HP notebooks? I never did flash in the current BIOS, maybe MobileMeter can read it now?
     
    brianstretch, Apr 23, 2006
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    I just grabbed the latest bios for my v5000z, and mobilemeter still does not work, including battery life left in time (if it can read the percentage, why can't it give a time).
     
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    I have a Compaq notebook with a Turion and Notebook Hardware Control is able to get my temps and battery life remaining. Maybe its strictly HP's but I know HP and Compaq are the same company.

    My notebook usually stays in the 40-45C range. I sometimes wonder though because when it gets to 45C NHC sometimes pops up a reading saying my temperature was at or equal to 85C.
     
    jparker0201, Apr 24, 2006
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    Hmm.. I just tried Notebook Hardware Control and it didn't read my CPU temp, same as MobileMeter. It reads my HD temps, that's it.
     
    brianstretch, Apr 24, 2006
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    Thats my bad actually It reads my HD temp but says my CPU temp is 0C. My bad, my bad.
     
    jparker0201, Apr 24, 2006
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    No one has tried MBM?

    Mike
     
    PanamaMike, Apr 27, 2006
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