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HP Laptop Overheating

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I have an HP ENVY dv6 that is running way to hot. I installed CAM and looked at the temp readings because I was getting low FPS in Borderlands 2. I have an Intel Core i7-3630QM Quad Core @ 2.4 GHz, 8 GB of RAM, an NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M. The voltage is 3.3v. The main component heating up is the CPU. CAM at one point read 100+ degrees C. It is currently idling at 80 degrees. I don't have a cooling pad, but none of the fans are ever blocked. The computer has blue screened maybe 3 times total which isn't a big issue but I bet it was temperature related. I'm worried this $1,200 notebook is going to die for no apparent reason.

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How convenient.

Also, my Dv7t-Quad Edition HP Laptop melted internally and warped from the heat, HP is just bad in general at thermals :)

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


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Well you see, I use it mainly as a desktop PC. I have a 1080p monitor and gaming peripherals hooked up to it all the time. So I need a good cooler without all the adjustable stuff that will cost more money. These coolers really aren't expensive, but I want it to be cool and quite instead of potable. I really just wished I got a tower.

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I didn't set it to 3.3v. It's stock in every way. I haven't opened the computer and haven't kept up with cleaning the dust. I think that may be the issue but I need some serious cooling so I may reapply the thermal paste and get a cooler. And about the voltage, HP has their BIOS pretty locked down. I don't think I can modify voltages. I'll look into that though.

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How convenient.

Also, my Dv7t-Quad Edition HP Laptop melted internally and warped from the heat, HP is just bad in general at thermals :)

My HP G7-1118so overheats and shuts down on long Terraria sessions (When it's on a table)

Lord Pantaloons, on 30 Nov 2014 - 7:32 PM, said: If Lawrence leaves his house and travels at a constant 40 MPH. How long will it take Bill from next door to shove a banana up his mom's rectum?

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I didn't set it to 3.3v. It's stock in every way. I haven't opened the computer and haven't kept up with cleaning the dust. I think that may be the issue but I need some serious cooling so I may reapply the thermal paste and get a cooler. And about the voltage, HP has their BIOS pretty locked down. I don't think I can modify voltages. I'll look into that though.

The stock laptop cooler is fine, I don't know that they have replacement ones... But just make sure you take lots of pictures and clean out all the dust with a dust can.

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My HP G7-1118so overheats and shuts down on long Terraria sessions (When it's on a table)

Mine was sitting propped against the wall in a ~60f room, with perfectly fine airflow. All it had was a tab of Chrome open, and it didn't go to sleep when I closed it.

Woke up, the keyboard had warped to the point of popping off, and some of the plastic on the inside was deformed and pressing against the PCB by the CPU.

I took it apart, put new thermal paste in it, replaced one of the fans with an 80mm, and altogether re-built it (begrudgingly). Now temps idle at ~36c, and peak at ~70c, with a computer fan plugged into my main rig sitting under it, and a Dreamcast game case to keep it elevated. It has a 650m in it, and has driver issues now because I had to replace the hard drive and re-install Windows 7. They refused to cover it under warranty. Good use of a thousand dollars.

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


CPU: i7-4770k 4.8GHz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus Hero | RAM: 16gigs 2133MHz | GPU: SLI Gigabyte OC 2gb 770's | Case: INWIN GRone | Storage: 1tb Blue, 60gb SSD | PSU: Silencer MK II 950w | Cooling: Modded H100i

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Mine was sitting propped against the wall in a ~60f room, with perfectly fine airflow. All it had was a tab of Chrome open, and it didn't go to sleep when I closed it.

Woke up, the keyboard had warped to the point of popping off, and some of the plastic on the inside was deformed and pressing against the PCB by the CPU.

I took it apart, put new thermal paste in it, replaced one of the fans with an 80mm, and altogether re-built it (begrudgingly). Now temps idle at ~36c, and peak at ~70c, with a computer fan plugged into my main rig sitting under it, and a Dreamcast game case to keep it elevated. It has a 650m in it, and has driver issues now because I had to replace the hard drive and re-install Windows 7. They refused to cover it under warranty. Good use of a thousand dollars.

Today I changed the thermal paste and broke the motherboards keyboard connector and maybe the keyboard itself (some keys don't work at all and some barely)

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Lord Pantaloons, on 30 Nov 2014 - 7:32 PM, said: If Lawrence leaves his house and travels at a constant 40 MPH. How long will it take Bill from next door to shove a banana up his mom's rectum?

FX-6300•Gigabyte R9 270X 4 GB OC•WD Blue 1 TB•Corsair Carbide 300R•Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev. 2•Silverstone Strider Essential 500W•Asus M5A97 R2.0•Dell P2314H•Yamaha HTR-5740•Mordaunt-Short Avant 309i•Superlux HD-668 B•Cooler Master CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate•Gigabyte M6900•Oneplus One 64 GB

 

 

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Well, now at least you'll remember to release the ribbon cable properly in a future...

I was hungry and forced the black plastic tab off with a screwdriver because I though that it was a part of the ribbon cable :D

Lord Pantaloons, on 30 Nov 2014 - 7:32 PM, said: If Lawrence leaves his house and travels at a constant 40 MPH. How long will it take Bill from next door to shove a banana up his mom's rectum?

FX-6300•Gigabyte R9 270X 4 GB OC•WD Blue 1 TB•Corsair Carbide 300R•Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev. 2•Silverstone Strider Essential 500W•Asus M5A97 R2.0•Dell P2314H•Yamaha HTR-5740•Mordaunt-Short Avant 309i•Superlux HD-668 B•Cooler Master CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate•Gigabyte M6900•Oneplus One 64 GB

 

 

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