HP pavillion DV9000

[caraboose]

Why is it always so ****ing hot?

[Nagoshi]

Because it is. All notebooks runs wams, and HP is not out of the question. My girlfriend's one gets quite hot when it's doing something, whatever it is.

Get RightMark CPU Clock Utility, set it up to "Performance on demand" on both AC, Batt, and start up of them. Use Prime95 to stress ALL your cores (as many instances as you have core, set them to run each on their own core) and use the one that makes the most heat, then lower the voltage of your CPU. It should get around easily 10-15C lower. If Prime crashes or system reboots, then voltage is set too low.

Also be sure to set it so that it starts up with a system registry.

[ether.real]

Originally Posted by Nagoshi

Because it is. All notebooks runs wams, and HP is not out of the question. My girlfriend's one gets quite hot when it's doing something, whatever it is.

Get RightMark CPU Clock Utility, set it up to "Performance on demand" on both AC, Batt, and start up of them. Use Prime95 to stress ALL your cores (as many instances as you have core, set them to run each on their own core) and use the one that makes the most heat, then lower the voltage of your CPU. It should get around easily 10-15C lower. If Prime crashes or system reboots, then voltage is set too low.

Also be sure to set it so that it starts up with a system registry.

You can change volts on a laptop????

Additional Comment:

Originally Posted by caraboose

Why is it always so ****ing hot?

Feel lucky. My laptop is running a full desktop P4 2.8GHz. Even with two huge fans (for a laptop) that thing is scorching hot, and burns through a full battery in about 20 minutes.

[caraboose]

Originally Posted by ether.real

You can change volts on a laptop????

Additional Comment:



Feel lucky. My laptop is running a full desktop P4 2.8GHz. Even with two huge fans (for a laptop) that thing is scorching hot, and burns through a full battery in about 20 minutes.

Dear god man.... My laptop is only a 1.9ghz but CPUID says the video card (Nvidia GeForce GO 6150) is getting like 82*C all the time, and yet all it's EVER doing is like some MSN, and some AIM, with the odd internet browsing and stuff like that, and the even more surprising thing is, it's on 2 blocks of wood (front and back for the feet to sit on so theres 'more' airflow)

[ether.real]

Originally Posted by caraboose

Dear god man.... My laptop is only a 1.9ghz but CPUID says the video card (Nvidia GeForce GO 6150) is getting like 82*C all the time, and yet all it's EVER doing is like some MSN, and some AIM, with the odd internet browsing and stuff like that, and the even more surprising thing is, it's on 2 blocks of wood (front and back for the feet to sit on so theres 'more' airflow)

I am too fearful to find out what my temps are.

[PommieB]

Has it always run this hot, if it hasn't then it probably needs cleaning out or the thermal paste re-doing, a favorite is to apply as5 to both the cpu and video card if it's dedicated, much as you would do with a home computer, and you can undervolt the cpu, as mentioned earlier if the cpu is running hot.

[Nagoshi]

Originally Posted by ether.real

You can change volts on a laptop????

Yea, my G1's T7200 would run at something like 1.25V and because of the SpeedStep that throttle the CPU down, I was able to get the max speed at 1V and the step just down, at 0.95V. It makes a huge difference... easily 10 degrees.

And my Gf's DV6000 with a T5450, got all the volts down to 0.95V. She dropped about 10C too.

[ether.real]

So where are you changing voltages at? Is this actually provided in the BIOS? None of my laptops provide such functionality. Maybe they are just too old.

[Leviathan]

I think 80c for the 6150 is totally normal, it can handle like 130c.

[caraboose]

Originally Posted by Leviathan

I think 80c for the 6150 is totally normal, it can handle like 130c.

Really?!
Ten character ****.

[PommieB]

Ether.real you need to download a software program, which is run at start up and you can change the voltages with it, but only if the software is running.
RMClock Utility 2.35 ( free )
( compatible with Vista and Santa Rosa Cpu's )
Web Site ( http://cpu.rightmark.org/download.shtml )

[ChocoTaco]

Originally Posted by PommieB

Ether.real you need to download a software program, which is run at start up and you can change the voltages with it, but only if the software is running.
RMClock Utility 2.35 ( free )
( compatible with Vista and Santa Rosa Cpu's )
Web Site ( http://cpu.rightmark.org/download.shtml )

Im gonna have to try that when I get home lol

[PommieB]

If you buy a laptop new and it runs at 60 deg c, then I'd agree with undervolting and many laptops do run at these temps these days, but you need to check the other things as well, a lot of people sit there comps in there lap or on a soft surface, this can restrict any fans on the underneath, causing the notebook to overheat and shutdown, causing damage to the windows boot files, a hard flat surface is better.

Ether.real and ChocoTaco, there are excellent tutorials in the hardware section of the notebook review forum, if you require help in undervolting.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824

[treymacdaddy]

got a dv9260nr here, could cook an egg on it.