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compal HEL80c overheating even when idle

Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by dinney101, Nov 9, 2008.

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Hi,

I bought a Compal HEL80c more than a year ago at ibuypower.com it worked fine until recently it keeps shutting off randomly and i know its coz of overheating beause i can feel the laptop get super hot - i take out the power plug and start it back up and it works but that happens all the time -- i got speedfan and the SPU is fine at 49 but the core 1 and core 2 temps are high at 86 or so on average ALL the time - they dont go down.....what should i do?? please help i cant even work, i keep loosing what im doing....

dinney101, Nov 9, 2008

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de-leet Notebook Enthusiast

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Try to clean all dust from your HEL80, especially look at the cooler. Clean old thermopasta and use new like Artic Silwer on CPU.

de-leet, Nov 9, 2008

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Yep I agree with de-leet. You need to clean your vents and re apply some thermal paste. Youu might also consider undervolting your cpu

Ayle, Nov 9, 2008

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But don't open it up if your warranty is still OK or if you don't want to void it.

grbac, Nov 10, 2008

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