HP Laptop Heating

[Suman1991]

So how many people out there with HP laptops face seriously bad heating issues. And i don't mean when gaming; even under normal conditions my laptops shuts down due to overheat. Even though it actually only happens only during the summer months, its still annoying.

 

[DoPo]

I'm on an HP laptop right now. And the temperature is currently
$ acpi -t
Thermal 0: ok, 62.0 degrees C

So it's all right. It's usually around 60-65-ish. Normally, if not doing anything intensive, the temperature is around the same as now - 61-62 degrees.

I do have a laptop stand, though. Without it, the normal temperature hovers around 67 degrees, around which point the fans kick in and try to keep the temperature hovering around 70. I haven't seen how high it actually can go but I haven't had the laptop shotdown due to overheating, that's for sure.

Have you tried cleaning the inside of your laptop? Dust and stuff can really make those machines into toasters.

 

[DoPo]

[double post - ignore]

 

[Aris Khandr]

I keep my laptop on a stand, so the fans are free to do their work. Though yeah, I have noticed that it tends to run a bit warmer than the IBM I had before. But keep the fans unblocked, and you should be fine.

 

[evilneko]

My HP has never shut down due to heat, even during the hot Texas summer.

If yours has the same ventilation design as mine, with the fan's intake on the back left on the bottom and exhausts on the left and back side, the ideal cooling solution I've found is to place a fan on the right side of the laptop. I use a simple USB-powered fan. It also helps that I have a 12-cell battery for my laptop, which sticks out and props it up. Airflow from the fan flows over and under the laptop, providing cool air for the cpu fan to suck in and helping push the exhaust out.

I've noticed that putting my laptop on one of those cooling pad actually makes it hotter. Likely because of the many passive cooling vents on the bottom. Heat's literally being pushed back into the laptop. And yet, since the intake's on the bottom as well, getting a cooling pad that sucks instead of blows would also be bad, since it'd starve the cpu cooler of air...thus my fan on the side solution.

 

[aba1]

I have always found HP products to be of poor quality them and Dell. I recommend downloading a fan control program. My Mac sits at 50 usually and if it gets over 60 I turn on the fans with my fan control app and just turn up the fans.

 

[Suman1991]

My HP has never shut down due to heat, even during the hot Texas summer.

Yeah i live in india. The summer temperatures here reach upto 113 F or 40 c

 

[Suman1991]

I've tried raising my laptop. It is currently balanced between a Coreman algorithms book and a hair cream jar. and it still heats up.
Seriously have to get a cooling pad, but the problem is that i use it on my bed mostly because of how my hostel room is, and most cooling pads aren't really effective on your lap

 

[Suman1991]

Ya I have an HP laptop and it has always had heating issues. It actually overheated last year and fried the motherboard and a couple other things. Luckily it was still under warranty.

Ok that sucks man. And i have this odd feeling that when i open my laptop, its gonna give out a huge load o steam or something.