Hi everyone - The short version of my problem is that the cooling fan on my laptop (hp dm4-1000) has failed, and I'm trying to figure out a safe temperature range for my Core i5-430M CPU to run at. Thanks for any help!
Feel free to just answer the above, but here is a slightly longer version with some questions/info: I'm curious on any thoughts as to whether I should be worried for the safety of my HDD, or if anyone has experience replacing a laptop cooling fan (I imagine it's tricky, but maybe it isn't?). I'm monitoring my system with CPUID now, and by throttling back my chip to 75% I seem to be able to keep things in the 60C - 90C range. That feels safe (I know the max rating is 105C, which is where my laptop shuts itself off), but I'd like to throttle as little as necessary. My HDD seems to be hovering around 36C-38C most of the time, and I'm not sure how safe that is. This is all with the laptop sitting on an external cooling fan... I imagine it might be near unusable without that, but I haven't tried yet. Again, thanks for any feedback or ideas!
Feel free to just answer the above, but here is a slightly longer version with some questions/info: I'm curious on any thoughts as to whether I should be worried for the safety of my HDD, or if anyone has experience replacing a laptop cooling fan (I imagine it's tricky, but maybe it isn't?). I'm monitoring my system with CPUID now, and by throttling back my chip to 75% I seem to be able to keep things in the 60C - 90C range. That feels safe (I know the max rating is 105C, which is where my laptop shuts itself off), but I'd like to throttle as little as necessary. My HDD seems to be hovering around 36C-38C most of the time, and I'm not sure how safe that is. This is all with the laptop sitting on an external cooling fan... I imagine it might be near unusable without that, but I haven't tried yet. Again, thanks for any feedback or ideas!
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