Overheating issue after w7 upgrade


  1. Posts : 15
    Vista
       #1

    Overheating issue after w7 upgrade


    Hi all,
    I recently upgraded to w7 home premium and never before has my laptop overheated and shutdown due to it. if it helps my specs are:
    HP Pavillion DV4Z-1000 CTO
    64 Bit
    AMD Dual cor QL60
    4GB Ram
    ATI 3200HD Card

    Are there any driver that i should load? or any setting i can change?
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    hpx64 said:
    Hi all,
    I recently upgraded to w7 home premium and never before has my laptop overheated and shutdown due to it. if it helps my specs are:
    HP Pavillion DV4Z-1000 CTO
    64 Bit
    AMD Dual cor QL60
    4GB Ram
    ATI 3200HD Card

    Are there any driver that i should load? or any setting i can change?
    win 7 and some hardware have heat issues. You should at leasr update the BIOS. what was the error message when it shutdown. If it isnt there you can look in event viewer (type eventvwr in search) look in windows log>applications and system.

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #3

    If you are still overheating you should make sure the fans are running clean out the insdie of the computer with compressed air and test temps again

    ken Jc
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  4. Posts : 31
    Windows 7 Premium 32 bit
       #4

    Something you might to also keep in mind, Windows 7 (if you use the windows provided drivers for your video card) may take control of the cooling fan for the card.

    I'm not saying this is 100% the case, however, it would be something to consider. There usually is software that you can download for free that monitors fan speeds on video cards, etc. It may be worth looking into if the heat issue doesn't go away with cleaning, etc.
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #5

    That is amazing. The maximum operating temperature for a QL60 is 100C. I doubt that it gets that hot. There must be other factors that shut the system off. As was said earlier, maybe the BIOS parameters were changed.
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