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    zv5000z CTO fan speeds

    Discussion in 'HP' started by alien2058, Oct 21, 2004.

  1. alien2058

    alien2058 Newbie

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    At least one of my zv5000z's fans are on all the time and it is rather annoying. Only one fan is constantly on and the other will turn on when it heats up, but on my last HP notebook the fans would turn completely off when it was just sitting idle. Does anyone know if this is normal operation for the zv5000z or is it time for an exchange? Thanks.
     
    alien2058, Oct 21, 2004
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  2. winginhunk

    winginhunk Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the same model HP and usually one fan is on, but I can hardly hear it. My HP is quieter than my wife's Dell 8600.

    WinginHunk, www.wills-domain.com
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    winginhunk, Oct 21, 2004
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's normal. Yeah, I wish there was a way to tell it to shut the fan off below a given temperature too. I don't see where it's necessary to always run a fan when PowerNOW! is enabled.

    On the bright side I've never had the notebook overheat on me.
     
    brianstretch, Oct 22, 2004
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  4. alien2058

    alien2058 Newbie

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    Can either of you get a reading of the fan speed or CPU temperature from any of the utilities available online? I can only get my hard drive temperature. Also, has anyone tried a BIOS flash?
     
    alien2058, Oct 22, 2004
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    winginhunk Notebook Enthusiast

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    I use mobmeter and as I type this it gives a cpu temperature of 36.0 (c) and hard drive temperature of 35.0, sometimes 36.0 (c).

    Here is a link to mobmeter
    http://dssc3031.ece.cmu.edu/~tamaru/mobilemeter/mobilemeterreadme-e.htm

    I notice that the CPU frequency changes from 800MHz to 1800MHz, depending on what's going on.


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  6. alien2058

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    I was told my HP Tech support that the fans were supposed to turn on when the CPU temp reaches 50 celcius and turn off when it drops below 45, however they were not clear about one or both fans turning off or on. Does this notebook support ACPI power settings and if so, how can they be changed?
     
    alien2058, Oct 22, 2004
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  7. vlk

    vlk Notebook Consultant

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    I think second fan turns on once Temperatur reaches 50C. First fan always on, kinda annoyoing.

    zv5000z AMD 64 3000+ 1.8 Ghz 768 DDR SDRAM 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) 30 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go
     
    vlk, Oct 25, 2004
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