topic Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling in PCs & Accessories

General Advice on Laptop Cooling

nick_pan — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:09:25 GMT

I hope users can read this post prior to posting laptop temperature problems cause they keep appearing, though its noones fault..as theres no search facility.

Many users are having problems with their sony vaio's and their inability to cool themselves efficiently..

Laptops should run under intense use at no higher that 70 degrees. The common symptoms of an overheated laptop are

a)the laptop runs slowly
b) the base of the laptop feels extremely hot
c) the laptop may restart of just switch off (An automated function of the motherboard to prevent damage to the laptop)
This program should display your laptops CPU temp and HD temp
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Oakland/8259/

If you think you have a temperature problem,

a) clean the laptops vents to make sure they'res no dust obstructing them
b) Go to control pannel --> power options, and u should be able to alter your thermal control settings to performance rather than quiet.
c) a common option is to buy a laptop cooler which reportedly has dropped laptop temps by up to 11 degrees. A huge improvement. Antec makes a good model as seen here..
http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details_cooling.php?ProdID=75004

If your experiencing extreme temperatures (>85), you should get your laptop checked, though there are reports of users sending their laptops to Sony with responses that nothing is wrong with it. The bottom line is that you may have to accept that your laptop has a temperature problem.

A cooler laptop increases performance as well as the longitivity of your components and therefore is a neccesity.

Please post here for more questions in relation to any Vaio model..

I hope this post is useful as a start to your temperature problems

Shame it cant be made sticky

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

TygerTyger — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:46:25 GMT

Great post! Thanks for the good info. Why can't it be made sticky? I second that idea.

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

kee-lo_ — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:53:25 GMT

Totally agree, nice topic Nick :smileygrin:

Make it sticky plz CU :smileygrin:

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

nick_pan — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:10:12 GMT

yeh CU it would be a great help as I reckon this is the most frequently asked question :smileyblush:

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

kee-lo_ — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:12:52 GMT

We need organisation in here.

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

nick_pan — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 00:09:16 GMT

talking of organisation..wheres cu

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

William — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:17:55 GMT

A great article and well deserved praise.

Just to add my two pence worth I have absolutely no faith in the claims regarding laptop coolers. They are usually ugly cumbersome and in my opinion a total waste of money.

If the fans are working, and working efficiently (clean) then why should anyone need one.

I honestly believe that if they are clean and working they negate the need for additional cooling and indeed purchasing a cooler could mask a real problem which in time could prove expensive.

OK, if you live in the middle of the Sahara things may be a little out of the ordinary but most of us don't.

Sorry Guys.

William

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

nick_pan — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:31:01 GMT

In other posts..people had reported that laptop coolers were quite successful in cooling their laptops..
However, I recently read a post saying that their laptop cooler had done nothing..

I wouldnt suggest that anyone get one unless they really need it. Unless their laptop really has an over heating problem.

Primarily because

a) their big and bulky as u say william really restricting the portability of your laptop
b) most connect via your USB port they rely on the fact that your connected to the mains unless ur only aiming to use your laptop for half an hour or so

still. if you've just got sony vaio thats doing 85 degrees after 20 minutes and you've cleaned the fans..i dont see any other option if you're warrantly is finished

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

William — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:08:36 GMT

As a last resort - Fair point.

William

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

kee-lo_ — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:19:06 GMT

Its all really dependant on the situation.
In most cases they work well.
I do agree they are cumbersome.

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

PainKiller — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 14:35:11 GMT

Does anybody know what maximum temperature that the laptop can reach? Does it depend on the speed of the processor? I had download the MobileMeter, and I saw that the temperature of my processor is 60' C in normal, and 40' C for the HDD. Is it a nomal mode of the laptop? Thx:smileywink:

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

kee-lo_ — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 15:23:48 GMT

I wouldn't go above 70 degrees on the CPU

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

Nifty — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:30:59 GMT

*BUMP* - Just keeping this useful thread on the first page!

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

kee-lo_ — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:47:08 GMT

*BUMP* *BUMP*

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

nick_pan — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:30:49 GMT

Does anybody know what maximum temperature that the laptop can reach? Does it depend on the speed of the processor? I had download the MobileMeter, and I saw that the temperature of my processor is 60' C in normal, and 40' C for the HDD. Is it a nomal mode of the laptop? Thx:smileywink:

85 degs is vaio's mobos shutdown point apparently although thats extremely hot

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

kee-lo_ — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:47:58 GMT

Yes I agree with Nick, make sure you turn off once it gets > 75

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

Siddeh — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:54:53 GMT

what should it be when ya system is idel or just browsing web ? mine sits between 55 and 60 when doin this.. reached a max of 66 when runnin cpu/gfx benchmarks...

ta

Ben

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

nick_pan — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:06:35 GMT

what should it be when ya system is idel or just browsing web ? mine sits between 55 and 60 when doin this.. reached a max of 66 when runnin cpu/gfx benchmarks...

ta

Ben

thats slighty above average but if its not going above 66 degrees, you've got nothing to worry about..

be grateful u haven't got the dreaded cooling problem some vaios have

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

Siddeh — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:29:46 GMT

be grateful u haven't got the dreaded cooling problem some vaios have

o i am :smileygrin: dont u worry... tho my room is exceptionally hot when i did that.. sitty around 54 this morning...

thanks mate..

Ben

Re: General Advice on Laptop Cooling

K-tch — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:09:58 GMT

I've got a fr415m for half a year now, and I've never seen my CPU temp go above 45 degrees Celcius. My HD never above 35.

Do I have to praise myself lucky? Compared to the temps I read here in this forum, this seems rather low.