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Laptop heating up too much after installation of Windows 7
Hello!
I own a HP Pavillon 4710s, and just installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Before, there was Windows XP x64 (I think 64, not sure though). The OS was flooded with software and very slow, so I decided to do a fresh install.
I did not choose Windows 8 because I thought it might be too heavy for this 5 year old laptop. Since Vista was the default OS installed on the system, 7 seemed a good option.
After a flawless installation, I started to install Office and so on, everything works very fast and without troubles.
One problem though: the fan is all the time on its maximum speed and the laptop is heating up too much to be normal.
EDIT: Via Speccy, I saw a temperature of 76°C for the CPU and 60°C for the motherboard.
Did I miss drivers to prevent this? Or is 64-bit too heavy?
Thank you very much for your response in advance,
Martijn