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Over Heating Problem in HP Pavilion dv6 1211AX Notebook

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Okay now i bought the DV6 1211AX, the so called Entertainment Notebook PC with the folowing configs:



RAM: 4 GB DDR2

Processor: AMD Turion X2 RM-7

Graphics: ATI Mobility Raedon HD 4650 Series (1 GB)

OS: Vista SP1



Now just have a look at the temper

Quote :


atures generally seen on this when:



1.Only Mozilla running:
http://www.picbonanza.com/uploads/thumbnails/normaltemp_160x120.jpg



2. When playing Chronicles Of Riddick 2
http://www.picbonanza.com/uploads/thumbnails/duringgaming_160x120.jpg




The lappy is propped up on a book so that the vents have enough space to discharge. And yes one more thing. I called up the CC and told of the problem I'm facing. Firstly tells me that third party softwares are not relieble, to which my answer was simply this " But my sense of touch is." He laughed nervously and hurriedly said "Sir, your Laptop is still under warranty and so if any performance problems feel free to contact us. Good day." and slammed the phone. Outrageous!



Any solutions? And please dont say laptops are not for gaming, they didn't give me 1GB graphics card to play Minesweeper :smileyvery-happy:. Appreciate your help.



P.S.: One more thing. I created partitions using the Computer Managment in Windows (Shrink This Volume), the instance i got it. So naturally i didn't make the Restore Discs before. And know when i try to do this, i get an error message saying Recovery Partition not found, even when the Recovery Partition D: is sitting there smugly on My Computer. I know a little about Partition Table and stuff, so i'm guessing that the Disc Creator program and the System Recovery option on BIOS ( which also does not work) have been set to work with hdd1/par1 and so as i shrunk the C: drive and created partitions out of it, then the Recovery Partition slipped down to place 4. So is there any way to fix this so i can make my recovery discs?


Message edited by SiNg0d on 11-01-2009 at 05:30:43 AM
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Your pictures are way too small - I can't read anything off of them.

Have you tried removing the dust from your heatsinks, fans, and vents?

As for the partitioning problem: Moving around partition sizes is risky business, I've only had it work a few times myself. I doubt you can get your recovery working again. I don't know why you asked, though - it doesn't have a whole lot to do with overheatng.

Reply to frozenlead

Normal
http://www.picbonanza.com/uploads/thumbnails/normaltemp_160x120.jpg


Gaming
http://www.picbonanza.com/uploads/thumbnails/duringgaming_160x120.jpg


the images should work now..


i just asked abt the partition thing cos i didn't wish to spam by making another thread...


My machine is only a month old. So i don't see how dust could have build up, as i have only used it at home till now...

Reply to SiNg0d

Dust can still have a big impact in a short amount of time. Clean the sinks out anyway with some compressed air - it doesn't hurt anything to do so, and it's free.

You're correct, though - your temps are pretty darn high. Are you sure your fan is working correctly? You should search HP's site for a BIOS update; perhaps they increased the fan speed in a newer revision.

Reply to frozenlead

hmmm I did a bios update but to no avail. By cleaning out you mean i should blow air from outside of the case or should i open the laptop up and then clean it?

Reply to SiNg0d

You can do either, and certainly the second one gets the job done better - but if you still have a warranty, I don't suggest you open the notebook.

Reply to frozenlead

Well still have the warranty. So I tried blowing the air from the outside and did so for about 5 mins, but still my tempreatures are hovering around 83 degrees. I guess that this is one problem that makes this otherwise good notebook go bam! Any other ideas? Is there a program that controls the fan speed and one more thing, are those cooling pads any good?

Reply to SiNg0d

Try another temperature reader like CoreTemp first. See what that brings up.

You're pretty hot, here - cooling pads only aid to get air under the machine. Propping it up like you have will produce the same effect.

Reply to frozenlead
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