The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    a205 really hot

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by mustangless, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. mustangless

    mustangless Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    19
    Messages:
    98
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I have an a205-s5804 1.6ghz with 2gigs of ram. I had a short video to render with sony vegas 8 (30 seconds). My cpu temp went over 200*f. It idles around 120*f (40c).

    Is this not normal? Its on a flat hard surface and the fan is spinning.
     
    mustangless, Feb 20, 2009
    #1
  2. tuηay

    tuηay o TuNaY o

    Reputations:
    492
    Messages:
    3,711
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    40c idle is normal i think...
    On my qosmio x300-13o idle gpu is around 65c dont know load...
    But cpu is round 40-45c i think on mine...
     
    tuηay, Feb 20, 2009
    #2
  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    22,339
    Messages:
    36,639
    Likes Received:
    5,080
    Trophy Points:
    931
    200*F = 93.3*C, that is extremely hot for a CPU. Your idle temperature is nothing out of the ordinary (120*F = 49*C actually).

    What program are you using to measure the temperatures? Also, how long has it been since you cleaned out the laptop's vents? See the Cooling Guide.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 20, 2009
    #3
  4. mustangless

    mustangless Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    19
    Messages:
    98
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I am using speedfan and core temp. I blew some air into the fan slot and exhaust. Very little dust came out. I was going to put some thermal paste on it, but a screw is stripped holding my dvd rom drive in. :mad:


    Wow. Laptops are way harder to work on than desktops. Anyways, I got the old thermal paste off and put a few dabs of arctic silver 3. Idle temps are down to 113*f, but its a little cooler than it was earlier. I think it has a break in time anyways. Maybe tomorrow I will try putting load on it again.
     
    mustangless, Feb 20, 2009
    #4
  5. jahizen

    jahizen Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    216
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    mines heats up when i have heavy programs runnin...outlook,word, onenote, digsby, ff, sidebar..
     
    jahizen, Mar 6, 2009
    #5