Cpu... Not good ?

Thorsen · 22 Mar 2010

If its still underwarrentee, send it in to be repaired, 3 mo's in, that is bad. It should be opened and fixed by a employee. They hold responsibility that way too.

Pixelpro · 22 Mar 2010

2 People told me thats BAD (incl me) and 1 person said that may jsut be operating temp; does it not go over 100 C?

strollin · 22 Mar 2010

I firmly believe that a laptop should have been designed with adequate cooling and shouldn't need any additional cooling pads. If your laptop is running hot and you are certain that the cooling vents are clear, return it because it's defective (or a poor design). Are you sure the interior fan is working?

I have a 7 year old Fujitsu laptop that was starting to run hot enough that the fan was always on. The cooling vents were clear but I took it apart and found that the cooling fins on the CPU heatsink were clogged with lint and pet hair and blocking airflow across the heatsink. I cleaned the gunk out, reassembled and now the fan rarely comes on.

Thorsen · 22 Mar 2010

Well, the cpu is made and stress tested to be good under 100c, but if it reaches that high or stays near that temp, it can malfunction, melt, fuse to the board

all sorts of bad stuff.

Product FRED · 22 Mar 2010

Without you saying anything, I'm going to guess...HP?

Pixelpro · 22 Mar 2010

strollin said:

I firmly believe that a laptop should have been designed with adequate cooling and shouldn't need any additional cooling pads. If your laptop is running hot and you are certain that the cooling vents are clear, return it because it's defective (or a poor design). Are you sure the interior fan is working?

I have a 7 year old Fujitsu laptop that was starting to run hot enough that the fan was always on. The cooling vents were clear but I took it apart and found that the cooling fins on the CPU heatsink were clogged with lint and pet hair and blocking airflow across the heatsink. I cleaned the gunk out, reassembled and now the fan rarely comes on.

I have a fan, it works... but it doesnt boost up when its warm; which it should!

Pixelpro · 22 Mar 2010

Product FRED said:

Without you saying anything, I'm going to guess...HP?

You'd be right.

Product FRED · 22 Mar 2010

HP has insane overheating issues with their laptops. People tell me I'm crazy, but I've had a firsthand experience with them. I have two dv6000 laptops from around 2007, and one of them crapped out due to the GPU overheating. The other one is on the same path. This is basically the cause:
DV6000/DV9000 NVidia Issue fix! - HP Support Forum

Long story short, I spent months trying to get it replaced. First they replaced the part with another faulty part. Then they kept insisting nothing was wrong until the warranty ran out. Some people have had luck getting their laptops replaced, but you have to go through a ton of work to get HP to do something.

Laptop Sets Off Smoke Alarm, HP Just Keeps Putting New Defective Parts In - The Consumerist

Moral of the story: Don't buy from HP anymore. I'm surprised there hasn't been a class-action lawsuit. They put their money before their customers and their customers' safety and this is simply unacceptable.

Pixelpro · 22 Mar 2010

Someone 'hidden' refuses to let me take it back as he found something that said: 90+ C is normal, IM THINKING WHAT!? MUM LET ME TAKE IT BACK! but she keeps listening to this person... if i get enough proof this isnt right, she will take it back! hELP GUYS! thanks

Product FRED · 22 Mar 2010

Pixelpro said:

Someone 'hidden' refuses to let me take it back as he found something that said: 90+ C is normal, IM THINKING WHAT!? MUM LET ME TAKE IT BACK! but she keeps listening to this person... if i get enough proof this isnt right, she will take it back! hELP GUYS! thanks

If you can get a person with an MVP badge on this forum to back you up, and/or you do enough research, it might have a better chance of shutting up that employee. What particular model do you have?