Laptop Temperature Issue How To Resolve Please

Laptop Temperature Issue How To Resolve Please IM BURNING UP HERE!!!!!!

#1 folsomgod

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 01:14 AM

Im trying to assist one of my friends in "fixing" his computer. I thought it may be a problem with software or some virus issue but it turns out it isnt. I happened to be reading the winxp tweaking guide that is posted on these boards and found a program named "SpeedFan". I ran it and it says that his core is at 75 degrees CELSIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its burning up over here. Well Im not sure really how to use the program or what speed I should have it running at or even what temperature it should be at. Any help will be appreciated and Im sorry if this is the wrong area for the post and will be sure to move it if there is a problem.

Here is the SpeedFan log

Win9x:NO 64Bit:NO GiveIO:YES SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
Linked Intel 82801FB ICH6 SMBUS at $10C0
Found nVidia GeForce 6800 Go Ultra
Linked nVidiaI2C0 SMBUS at $3D403E3F
Linked nVidiaI2C1 SMBUS at $3D403637
Linked nVidiaI2C2 SMBUS at $3D405051
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
Scanning Intel SMBus at $10C0...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403E3F...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403637...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D405051...
SMART Enabled for drive 0
Found Hitachi HTS721010G9AT00 (100.0GB)
Found ACPI temperature (77.5C)
End of detection

Any help would be greatly appreciated

#2 nigglesnush85

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 07:13 AM

Hello folsomgod,

If you can, have a look at the heatsink, It may not be seated correctly or may need cleaning.

Regards,

Alan.

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 08:35 AM

Get a can of compressed air and stick the nozzle in the laptop vents and try blowing them out

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#4 folsomgod

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 04:09 PM

Ok i will attempt the can o' air technique hopefully that will help. But in the meantime do you guys think it would be a good idea to change the fan speeds during system idle? Im not quite sure how to do it but I think that it might help lower the temp a little bit.

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 05:20 PM

You can try using speedfan to increase the speed, but in theory once the CPU is cleaned out you shouldn't need the increased speeds.

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#6 folsomgod

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 08:31 PM

ok well i sprayed the vents out and it was just as you said, an incredible change. Will follow up on that heatsink clean but dont have the necessary tools. Thanks for the help