Just installed speedfan to check temps

HDO 44C
ACPI 1 75C
ACPI 2 75C
INTEL CORE 26C

Is this Hi-Lo-Normal.
Laptop discription follows

GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
(1 processors)

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Just installed speedfan to check temps

HDO 44C
ACPI 1 75C
ACPI 2 75C
INTEL CORE 26C

Is this Hi-Lo-Normal.
Laptop discription follows

GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
(1 processors)

Looks pretty cool and comfortable to me.....especially for a lappy.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Just installed speedfan to check temps

HDO 44C
ACPI 1 75C
ACPI 2 75C
INTEL CORE 26C

Is this Hi-Lo-Normal.
Laptop discription follows

GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
(1 processors)

Looks pretty cool and comfortable to me.....especially for a lappy.

Thanks for your help Mark. I really appreciate it.

P.S. Good to have you back my friend.

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So should I be worried that my almost 3yr old laptop is running at substantially higher temps that those?

Like
Found Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz
CPU0:95C
CPI1:93C
Heat exchanger:104C
HDD:35C

Running Boinc at 85% CPU usage and not really using the laptop atm for more than a bit of web work and email/essay writing. No time for games!

I recently cleaned the cooling system, but really short of a miracle this is about as good as it gets for this machine....

Cheers, Thomas.

So should I be worried that my almost 3yr old laptop is running at substantially higher temps that those?

Like
Found Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz
CPU0:95C
CPI1:93C
Heat exchanger:104C
HDD:35C

Running Boinc at 85% CPU usage and not really using the laptop atm for more than a bit of web work and email/essay writing. No time for games!

I recently cleaned the cooling system, but really short of a miracle this is about as good as it gets for this machine....

Cheers, Thomas.

Ouch......
95c is a tad hot for most any processor.....close to limits, I think.
Dunno what to say...lappys will be lappys.....I never had one.
Might try cutting back the CPU usage a bit.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

So should I be worried that my almost 3yr old laptop is running at substantially higher temps that those?

Like
Found Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz
CPU0:95C
CPI1:93C
Heat exchanger:104C
HDD:35C

Running Boinc at 85% CPU usage and not really using the laptop atm for more than a bit of web work and email/essay writing. No time for games!

I recently cleaned the cooling system, but really short of a miracle this is about as good as it gets for this machine....

Cheers, Thomas.

Ouch......
95c is a tad hot for most any processor.....close to limits, I think.
Dunno what to say...lappys will be lappys.....I never had one.
Might try cutting back the CPU usage a bit.

That may need some dust bunnies blown out of it. ;)

Cheers.

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Just installed speedfan to check temps

HDO 44C
ACPI 1 75C
ACPI 2 75C
INTEL CORE 26C

Is this Hi-Lo-Normal.
Laptop discription follows

GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
(1 processors)

Are those temps under load or idle?

Cheers.

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Just installed speedfan to check temps

HDO 44C
ACPI 1 75C
ACPI 2 75C
INTEL CORE 26C

Is this Hi-Lo-Normal.
Laptop discription follows

GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
(1 processors)

Are those temps under load or idle?

Cheers.

Under load

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Other than eliminating the dust bunnies as previously suggested, you might try turning your lappy upside down. I have found this improves airflow which reduces temps substantailly.

Ouch......
95c is a tad hot for most any processor.....close to limits, I think.
Dunno what to say...lappys will be lappys.....I never had one.
Might try cutting back the CPU usage a bit.

Yeah, thought so. I have it backed off now, but the temps aren't much better, so the new tower pc is now a priority project, so I can stop using the lappy for boinc work and just let it live out it's life as my web monkey.

Right oh, back to the books, these exams aren't going to get passed on their own!

Thomas.

Other than eliminating the dust bunnies as previously suggested, you might try turning your lappy upside down. I have found this improves airflow which reduces temps substantailly.

I have three with their radiator's pointed up. Two with hinge side up and one old one turn on side with raditor pointed up. I even went as far as to pull some of the covers off to help let the heat out and more air in. Once a week or so I squirt air down the radiators (cat hair is my biggest problem) to blow them out. Have not had to do a complete shut down with extensive cleaning for several years now. Every couple years or so I redo the heat paste.

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Well, for my 2 year old laptop, its as follows:

Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 (Penryn-3M)
2.1GHz 4GB RAM
TJ Max is 90C
Currently running:
64C & 68C
Usually once a week I take a can of air and blow it out. I also turn my laptop over when I'm not using it, as it allows that better airflow to do its work. Crunches pretty much 24/7, unless I go to work, then its about 20 hours a day.

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Well, for my 2 year old laptop, its as follows:

Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 (Penryn-3M)
2.1GHz 4GB RAM
TJ Max is 90C
Currently running:
64C & 68C
Usually once a week I take a can of air and blow it out. I also turn my laptop over when I'm not using it, as it allows that better airflow to do its work. Crunches pretty much 24/7, unless I go to work, then its about 20 hours a day.

Thought so. This machine is now approaching three years in my hands so maybe time to redo the heat paste. It didn't used to run this hot, and I clean the fan and heat exchanger regularly (cat hair here too)......

Thomas.

(cat hair is my biggest problem)

LOL....
Ya think?

De-furring fans is the biggest maintenance item around my farm.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Hi Mark!

We only have one mouser now, but come the moulting season, you'd think we had half a dozen! And she is a domestic shorthair!

Mine are all barnyard rescues.......
Squirrel is a long hair......some Maine Coon in her, I am sure.
Tigger is a typical short hair tabby.
Bandit and Purrball are the most beautiful Tortise shell kitties ever......I am told that Torties are almost always gurlz. Pretty things, they are.

But what has this to do with speedfan, you ask?

Simply that kitties and fan speed do not mix sometimes.....LOL.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Mark, you don't have fan filters installed in your farm machines? Now that I have them installed, I'll never have an intake fan without a filter anymore.

Other than eliminating the dust bunnies as previously suggested, you might try turning your lappy upside down. I have found this improves airflow which reduces temps substantailly.

I have three with their radiator's pointed up. Two with hinge side up and one old one turn on side with raditor pointed up. I even went as far as to pull some of the covers off to help let the heat out and more air in. Once a week or so I squirt air down the radiators (cat hair is my biggest problem) to blow them out. Have not had to do a complete shut down with extensive cleaning for several years now. Every couple years or so I redo the heat paste.

I spent $15 for a cheap plastic laptop stand. It has a pair of fans that I could run off the USB port, but just elevating the hinge side 3 inches increases the airflow enough that about the only times the internal fan comes on is when it's been in the carry bag on a warm day.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

I spent $15 for a cheap plastic laptop stand. It has a pair of fans that I could run off the USB port, but just elevating the hinge side 3 inches increases the airflow enough that about the only times the internal fan comes on is when it's been in the carry bag on a warm day.

I bought one these on sale as well. According to Speedfan, running the USB fans actually increases my temperatures 1 or 2 C. I don't know if this is the effect of the USB port power draw, or lousy aerodynamic design of the fans. However, just lifting the bottom of the laptop up and allowing more air into the fan inlet on the bottom of the case is good for about 8 to 10 C lower operating temps. I used to get about the same effect with a couple of pencils under the rear of the case, but the stand looks much classier.

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I bought one these on sale as well. According to Speedfan, running the USB fans actually increases my temperatures 1 or 2 C.

From what I've seen, the fans in the cooling pad pull the air down and blow it out the back or side. The CPU fan pulls the air up and out. So there's a fight for air under the laptop. The cooling pad does cool the hard drive pretty good though.

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The one I'm using - Zalman ZM-NC1500 - sucks from beneath the cooler, and blows up towards the notebook. Seems a better idea.