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    Lenovo Z370 runs cooler than HP DV7-4069WM

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by chomper, May 21, 2012.

  1. chomper

    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    I bought my mom for christmas a Lenovo Z370 idea pad. has an I5 with 4GB. ive played around with it and the hardware is extremely silent.

    My HP Laptop which is a 17" DV7-4069WM phenom triple core processor is always loud and starts to heat up when doing a back ground scan or just starts running loud when ever out of the blues. I cant even touch the laptop when burning a disc thats how hot it gets.

    Ive always had Intel before. I thought Id give AMD a try for once. but I heard rumors that AMD gets hotter. I dont know if that is the case here or not. or maybe by laptop requires more power cause its a 17" vs hers thats a 13". I'm not an expert on motherboards but i heard they make a difference to with heating and how loud they run. I dont know if my Motherboard maybe a bad model that others have had bad experience with or is it just that Lenovo laptops run cooler ?

    My laptop model is almost 2 years old but still shouldnt be so loud at times.

    my HP starts to get a little loud even when playing a youtube video. if I play the same video on the Lenovo theres no hardware noise.

    wasnt loud when making this thread though lol. but still gets louder than it should at times.
     
    chomper, May 21, 2012
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  2. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    The AMD processor used in that generation of HP does produce quite lot of heat.

    Also, HP's DV line has a problematic thermal management system.
     
    lead_org, May 21, 2012
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  3. chomper

    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    where do i go to look into that. I surfed around control panel.
     
    chomper, May 21, 2012
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    ? there is nothing to look into, this is just a design fault of these HP machine.
     
    lead_org, May 22, 2012
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  5. ha1o2surfer

    ha1o2surfer Notebook Evangelist

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    All HP machines' cooling system stink IMO
     
    ha1o2surfer, May 22, 2012
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