Re: ZD8000 Laptop temperatures

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From: HeyHo
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:56

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The P4 is just a hotter running chip I think. I once swapped a celeron out 
of an old laptop for a faster P4 and the cpu temp spiked greatly. It was not 
uncommon to see it go to 73 at super max load. Idled hot like yours but 
never had any problems. Just the cpu I think.



<BigAl.NZ@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi Guys,
>
> I have here a HP ZD8000 (ZD8202AP) laptop.
>
> The processor is a Prescott Pentium 4 3.2Ghz LGA775, Processor Number
> 640. ( Intel Specs here 
> http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL7Z8
> )
>
> The computer has 3 fans on the underside, two spin always, the third
> one spins occasionally when it seems to go over about 65C.
>
> The heatsink and fans are all clean and free from dust.
>
> It is summer here but the ambient air temp is about 20C.
>
> I am worried that it is running too hot, and perhaps the CPU is
> getting throttled to keep temps down?
>
> HP Engineering said that 65C was not too hot to worry about and the
> CPU shutdown would occur at about 100C?
>
> The intel spec sheet says the Thermal Specification is 67.7 (about the
> same temp that the third fan kicks in at).
>
> So my question is:
>
> 1. Is it normal for a Laptop to be running at these temps under normal
> load (Internet Browsing)
> 2. If not, how can I make it run cooler????
>
> Cheers
>
> -Al
>

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