Brand new laptop?????

icecube2T8

Hi people, Ive just got hold of my brand new laptop, had it for 5 days now and its starting to get real hot?? Where do i stand.

I bought it ebuyer.com.


Your advice would be really helpfull,Because im sure there will be loads of grief when i try to get a "NEW" replacement or better still my money back

POSSETTE

do you have it on hard surface or a cushion on your lap? mine got really hot that way! no air circulation!

icecube2T8

no since the day ive had it, which is six days now ive kept it on a thin box on my lap, so its not getting to hot that way.
I know what ya mean thow coz my otherhalf used to use her laptop on the bed and it used to cook lol

nick.simpson19

just because ure laptop is getting hot dont mean that its broken, You need to find out your processor temprature, which will determine weather or not it is over heating.

icecube2T8

nick.simpson19 wrote: »

just because ure laptop is getting hot dont mean that its broken, You need to find out your processor temprature, which will determine weather or not it is over heating.

Yes i understand what your saying m8 but i can tell this is getting really hot as i said in the other post, my othehalfs got this hot after about two years use and it had to be sent off for a new fan+ some new thermal paste, so i can tell it must be a problem with it... what software should i look for so i can tell the tmep of it , that way i can rule that out first?

dont want to leave it weeks before i get back on to them also.

spakkker

Core temp will tell you your cpu temp.
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
I don't think an overheating cpu is the cause because your laptop would be shutting down.
Is the battery getting hot? Do you have the charger plugged in all the time?

jaydeeuk1

Laptops do get hot, especially if any vents have been covered, and even more so if it uses a higher powered graphics chipset. There may be an option in the bios to set the speed of the CPU fan (which is usually increased in proportion to temo), can try changing to a static value increasing the speed at the expense of more noise. If the graphics chipset has a fan, there is software such as rivatuner which allows you to alter the speed too.