CPU on laptop running at high temperature

spakkker

60'C is a bit too high for idle temp, in my opinion. What is it under load ? -orthos - #5

Browntoa

thermal paste on a netbook but idea is the same

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4ZFPqk5oQ&feature=related

thescouselander

60 degrees is about right for a laptop - laptop CPUs tend to run at slightly higher temperatures than desktop equivalents. The CPU in my laptop is currently at around 60 which is normal.

Wammer

Just ran Orthos.

When I turned on the laptop it was at 24C, fired up browser and it went up to 50C. Ran Orthos, ran it for 2.5 minutes and it got up to 74C and the fan was whirring away.

Wammer

thescouselander wrote: »

60 degrees is about right for a laptop - laptop CPUs tend to run at slightly higher temperatures than desktop equivalents. The CPU in my laptop is currently at around 60 which is normal.

That sounds promising.

Maybe I'm worrying over nothing. It's not something I've noticed or paid attention to before. It just seemed high to me without knowing what the ambient temperature should actually be.

thescouselander

Wammer wrote: »

That sounds promising.

Maybe I'm worrying over nothing. It's not something I've noticed or paid attention to before. It just seemed high to me without knowing what the ambient temperature should actually be.

Yeah, I dont think its anything to worry about. In fact, out of the box my computer used to run the CPU at nearer 70 degrees but I adjusted the fan speed to cool the CPU a bit more - this does use the battery a bit faster though.

Hammyman

Wammer wrote: »

I take it the fan sits on the heatsink? If so then no I didn't. When I took the back off the fan was still enclosed, but the fins were accessible. I wouldn't want to take it any further apart in case I couldn't get it back together. That would be a job for the pc shop I think.

Do you mean the fan side of the fins were accessible? If not then in that case, you didn't clean out the part that usually gets clogged up. If you've got as far as you did, you're perfectly capable of removing the fan to check and clean it out. If there's a shroud between the fan and the heatsink, its only stuck in place and there lies the source of the problem - the manufacturers put adhesive over the whole shroud and not just the bits that touch the fan and heatsink. Dust sticks to it and builds up into a solid block of fluff.

spakkker

Not familiar with laptop cpus , my desktop is idling at 34/31'C in a cool room ...so all could well be in order if others run 60' normal. Don't worry too much tho' as the cpu will throttle back if it gets too hot - it won't let you fry it !!! This is when you get the laptop turning itself off after a while/working hard. 74'C isn't bad for 2 1/2 mins orthos, usually cpus reach peak about 5+ mins.

Wammer

Will have to ponder whether I want to risk taking any more of the laptop apart seeing as it isn't actually giving me any problems, especially if the shroud may be glued in. The fan isn't running at full tilt and the laptop isn't getting hot.

The laptop isn't used a great deal. OH checks work emails and sometimes a couple of sites on it for maybe 10-15 minutes a day. It's just that I like my pc's in tip top condition and constantly update the software and Windows updates on them when required.

thescouselander

Wammer wrote: »

Will have to ponder whether I want to risk taking any more of the laptop apart seeing as it isn't actually giving me any problems, especially if the shroud may be glued in. The fan isn't running at full tilt and the laptop isn't getting hot.

The laptop isn't used a great deal. OH checks work emails and sometimes a couple of sites on it for maybe 10-15 minutes a day. It's just that I like my pc's in tip top condition and constantly update the software and Windows updates on them when required.

I dont think you should go poking round in there - if its not broke, don't fix it.