Laptop fan loud, warmer temps than usual.

rayco · May 14, 2011

Recently, I heard my fan going really loud while playing some games. So I used some compressed air to clean it out. Surprisingly there wasn't as much dust coming out as I expected. My computer usually runs under 50 C when just browsing the web, but now its at 58. Playing a game, it usually runs at 63ish but now it runs up to 74 C. I even have a laptop fan under my computer. I have no idea whats going on, usually after I use my compressed air, it goes back to normal, but what now?

nitroman84 · May 14, 2011

Hello, welcome to Seven Forums. If you could fill out your system specs we would be able to more accurately come up with a solution. As it stands I have no idea what processor you have to determine normal temps or how old the system is.

rayco · May 14, 2011

Heres my product specifications: Product Specifications HP Pavilion dv6-2064ca Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

nitroman84 · May 14, 2011

Okay, now we have something to go on.

A search of your model number landed me on this thread of the HP support forum. They suggest you change the power settings to aid in overheating. Seems to be a design issue with your particular model. Hope this helps.

rayco · May 14, 2011

Hey thanks nitro, I did what they said in that thread, but my temperature only decreased about 3 degrees, still not to the normal temps I usually get. Is there anything else I can do? My laptop is 1 and a half years old. Just very recently did the fan become loud and temp rise.

marsmimar · May 14, 2011

Have you checked the cooling pad fans to make sure they haven't slowed down due to dust bunnies?

rfmjm3 · May 14, 2011

rayco, it sounds lie a fan is getting worn out or clogged. when fans start to get loud that is usually the reason. if your comfortable with it crack open the laptop and clean it out that way. blowing air in the side ports just packs it in the laptop, this sometimes offer immediate relief but does not eliminate the problem. if you have smokers or animals areound your pc or if its near carpeting this will increase the dust accumulated considerably. ( a great reason to sell the cat) but seriously, if your comfortable with opening the case do that, vacuum it, to get the big stuff, then blow it out. and replace the fan if your in there, an once of prevention. here's some helpful links.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidemylaptop.com%2Ftake-apart-hp-pavilion-dv6000-laptop%2F&rct=j&q=how%20to%20open%20an%20hp%20pavilion%20laptop&ei=yWXOTa6gONSltweJ0pHkDQ&usg=AFQjCNGk2JNMiymMWaBlPuZgVYQoF7y1_w&cad=rja

i Google'd the fan too there are several sites good luck

nitroman84 · May 14, 2011

Another thing to think about is if the cooling pad fan is blowing against the internal or with it.

rayco · May 14, 2011

Yes I checked the cooling pad, no dust. I have the Notebook Cooler ZM-NC1500. As rfmjm3 said, my fan is probably worn out. But I'm hesitant to open up my laptop. The thing is, I only got this 1 and a half years ago and had a cooling pad since.

rfmjm3 · May 14, 2011

if you not comfortable with it, just take it to a shop or call a geek buddy, its a 5 minute job even with replacing the fan. if i had to guess on the cost of the fan and replacement in a shop i'de say a flat 45$ hr rate plus the fan. if you plan on keeping the laptop for a while a little extra $ on the fan choice can go a long way especially if you live in warmer climates. i like to over do it on my fans but idk what options you have with a laptop. best of luck.

nitroman84 · May 14, 2011

Have you tried running it without the cooling pad and slightly elevated off the surface it is setting on? The reason I ask is because some laptops exhaust out the bottom. If the cooling pad blows out the top they will cancel each other out and cause overheating.

gregrocker · May 14, 2011

From HP Forum:

Re: max temperatures Pavillion dv6-2064ca notebook

It's normal for the processors and gpu to heat up more when being heavily used especially in laptops where the cooling is bad, they are designed to take the heat up to 90c , if it exceeds 90c then you should be worried, the only device which can't take heat is the harddrive with all them hot components around it you should be worried most about the harddrive and moniter its temp , to bring the temps down a bit clean out the fan and purchase a laptop cooling pad, i paid £8 for mine it has 3 fans and keeps temps down by about 2-5c.

If you trust yourself, have steady hands, won't take any chances dropping a screw or touching any electronics before touching the case, then you could endeavor this:

Here's more specific demonstration of dissembling the DV6 for cleaning or fan replacement:

johnnya · May 14, 2011

You are a funny man Greg

. What was there in that video - about a billion screws, millions of parts. lol Just to change out a fan?
Man if I could do that level of work I would be a brain surgeon and not some old computer geek.

Fun to watch though.
Regards
JohnnyA

gregrocker · May 14, 2011

The first vid shows how to change a fan but it's on a Dell, so I wanted him to at least see the layout of his model HP as laid bare in the second vid.

sandman · May 15, 2011

I did the fan and the copper shim mod on my dv9720us and it has at least 60 screws and you have to make sure you put them back in the same place they come out of, because some are longer and shorter. I had some in wrong and they came up into the battery compartment and had to take the thing back apart to swap out the screws, took pics and videos of the job and still made a mistake putting it back together but, the mod dropped GPU temps about 5c making the copper shim to take the place of the thermal pad and used Arctic Silver 5 for paste, took me 2 hours. Nice and quite and the fan hardly goes up on high speed. Good Luck. Ya also had to have a little scotch to calm my nerves. Used cups for screws and some have black heads others silver and watch the connectors you don't break them plulled a micro wire out of one plug and had a hell of a time soldering it back on to clip from inside plug.

cptscruffy · May 15, 2011

every few months, i open up my laptop to get the dust out. there's never really that much at that point.

every few days, i put pressurized air to the fan and heatsink; i love doing that, see all the dust fly out and stuff..

it seems counterintuitive, but blowing pressurized air directly into the fans output (outside) pushes most of the dust out, i find.

on the other hand, when i use pressurized air for the heat sink, it blow the air towards the input (inside) of the fan.

rayco · May 15, 2011

Thanks everyone, yeah Nitro I just tried running it without the cooling pad, surprisingly it didn't make much of a difference. As Greg pointed out, I should be fine as long as my laptop doesn't reach 90 C. So I'll just have to get used to my loud fan when playing games as I don't feel safe opening my laptop and I don't have the money to get a new one.

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