HP EliteBook 8460p runs very hot

GunJack

bsod wrote: »

edit advanced power plan settings
processor power management
system cooling policy -> passive

or possibly simpler, change to a Balanced power plan - suspect it may have been turned up for gaming?

BadBehaviour

GunJack wrote: »

or possibly simpler, change to a Balanced power plan - suspect it may have been turned up for gaming?

No, settings were on balanced, and the laptop has been reset anyway so any previous settings would have been wiped.

I also can confirm it's 4GB of ram. It wasn't overclocked either. I tried updating the bios but the utility from the HP website kept giving me an error that the CAB file was missing so I gave up.

I think I solved the issue. I vacuumed out the grill where the fan blows out and used some new thermal paste and it seems to stay on ok temperatures while playing videos on YouTube. I have to try with a game to be sure though.


Thanks to everyone for the replies.

Sicard

I had an older HP which ran hot. I think this was an issue which has been resolved in the newer laptops. I used a cooling pad which brought the temp down until I got a new laptop.

anajames

I was using a Dell core i3 machine bought around 4 years back. That things was really a volcano.