why is my laptop so hot?

hp dv5t - about 8 months old
P8600
3gb ram
512mb 9600 GT
240gb 7200rpm
win xp pro sp3

this picture is WITH a small undervolt and WITH antec cooling fan

ignore that min, probably a glitch

atm the only real "load" i have running is firefox, digsby (IM client), and itunes. only real cpu usage (through task manager) is firefox. when i exit everything and have nothing running, it use to idle at around 70C but after undervolt i can get it to around 60C

is wrong?

 

Wow, thats pretty hot.

Id send it into HP at this point... Youve done the nessesary things to attempt and cool it down, and it doesnt seem to be working.

...Im assuming you have cleaned vents with compressed air?

 

i've used compressed air...nothing happens. it's like i'm spraying nothing when i spray in the vents

 

try cleaning it out .....

as in open it and blow out the dust not in

 

those are very hot temps u should prob. reapply the thermal paste if u are willing to do it

 

If it read your minimum temperature on Core #0 as -26C and Core #1 as 23C (both of which are ridiculous), then the sensor is likely malfunctioning. That, or it's the software you're using. Can you confirm the maximum temps using CoreTemp?

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

 

You need new thermal paste its not a dust problem. The contact between the heatsink and the cpu/gpu is minimal

 

if the area on the chasis that is closest to the CPU heatsink feels excessively hot (not just warm) then chances are your sensors are more or less okay.

RealTemp is also a good monitoring app for intel CPUs.

your heatsinks might not be making good contact... send in to HP, they should either fix it or replace it with a comparable or better model, if it's still under warranty. those temps are not acceptable

 

yes temperatures confirmed with CoreTemp...nothing wrong with sensor i guess

it is still under warranty still under a year. problem is i don't want to be without this laptop for like couple weeks that would suck. how long does it usually take from HP?

 

i've heard they're not the greatest with RMAs and really take their time.

you could try getting to the heatsink yourself and trying to see if its making good contact with the CPU.

Cleaning the heatsink with a little compressed air and qtips could help... and you could also wipe off the stock thermal paste that came with it using a qtip dipped in rubbing alcohol

Then apply your own high performance thermal paste (Arctic Silver 7, MX-1, or Thermal Right Cool Factor etc etc)

make sure you have a good disassembly guide with you, HP should have it on their site and there should be one here too with pictures, and make sure you have a good phillips, nothing worse than stripping the screws with a dull tool

BUT since it's already under warranty, i'd still say send it in, who knows you might get lucky and get a newer laptop

I would only do the above steps if it was already out of warranty.

 

HP is pretty fast...

When i sent mine in (different reason) it was back in under a week. I think like 4-5 days.

They said it would be estimated 2 weeks, it took 4-5 days.

 

yeah they are fast in repairing actually i sent mine in to and i received it well within a week. they say 2 weeks depending on how much work they got going for them

 

hp is hot literally.
hp comps has been this way since the day i started to use laptops, running abnormally hot.
hp laptops with pm chips can run as hot as p4's, its mind boggling, but its hp, you'd expect that.
apple and dell has jumped on the "hot laptops" bandwagon as well. apple macs since 2006 and dells since 2007 all run very hot.

 

I have the same temperature problem guys, i have undervolted my computer and limited it to 1.2ghz and have it on a cooling pad and the cpu still gets to 65 doing normal things and over 70 when playing games. The gpu seems fine though its always in the mid 70s or below. Do you guys think i should disassemble it and apply arctic silver myself or send it in to hp?