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post #1 of 15
3/19/06 at 7:55am
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I just bought this about a month ago specs are
HP Pavilion dv4000 CTO NB
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional with SP2
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 770 (2.13 GHz)
- 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)
- 128MB ATI MOBILITY(TM) RADEON(R) X700
- 2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
- 80 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
- DVD+/-RW/R & CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer Support
- 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
- 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- Microsoft(R) Works/Money

I been playing this game called rf online and It was running really sweet until about 3 days ago My screen gets all crazy, it looks like video card overheating or something then my screen goes blank, then i reboot and everything is fine, and if im not playing rf online just on desktop it works perfectly fine any info? thanks

Also I used old drivers for x700 that came laptop and the omega catalyst 6.2 i think was still same thing
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post #2 of 15
3/20/06 at 1:07pm
Perhaps HP is aware of the overheat problem and stop selling DV4000 with x700. Mine has a very similar configuration as yours, but I clock down the video just in case and I use nhc to undervolt the laptop for lower heat production.
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post #3 of 15
3/21/06 at 4:23am
I haven't had any overheating problems.
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post #4 of 15
3/22/06 at 4:07am
I would call Compaq, as this could be a cooling problem. Apart from that I have never heard of a Pentium M ever getting that hot so I think that it is probably a cooling defect.
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post #5 of 15
3/22/06 at 1:01pm
FYI. The GPU can get really hot if you run it at 400MHz. Usually the laptop manufacturer underclock the GPU a bit to reduce heat and prolong battery life.
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post #6 of 15
3/24/06 at 10:06pm
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hihi

how do i underclock?
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post #7 of 15
3/24/06 at 10:07pm
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it was working fine couple weeks ago it recently overheats no reason
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post #8 of 15
3/25/06 at 12:24pm
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Originally Posted by Autobot
how do i underclock?
You can force it in Powerplay, or you can use Notebook Hardware Control 1.10b2..
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post #9 of 15
4/7/06 at 5:00pm
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well this is a feedback what happened i sent in and they said fixed system board/hard drive(image) hopefully doesnt mess up anymore ><
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post #10 of 15
7/27/06 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by Autobot
well this is a feedback what happened i sent in and they said fixed system board/hard drive(image) hopefully doesnt mess up anymore ><
Is it working fine now???

Now I´m having a lot of overheating problems
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post #11 of 15
7/28/06 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by Ericko
Now I´m having a lot of overheating problems
So the heat wave that is killing people in Europe and North America has reached Mexico too.
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post #12 of 15
7/28/06 at 5:43pm
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Originally Posted by billcsho
So the heat wave that is killing people in Europe and North America has reached Mexico too.
Yes. Actually in France they are scared because 24 people have died because of the heat wave. Here in Mexico we have 32 states, and only in 1 of them 29 people have died. So I think we have worst problems than France.

Billcsho: How is your dv4000 doing? Do you have any overheating issues?

Now my dv4000 gets warm even when it's running at 787MHz. Imagine how much hot it gets when gamming, IF I can actually game, because this laptop turns itself off!
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post #13 of 15
7/28/06 at 8:19pm
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Originally Posted by Ericko
Yes. Actually in France they are scared because 24 people have died because of the heat wave. Here in Mexico we have 32 states, and only in 1 of them 29 people have died. So I think we have worst problems than France.

Billcsho: How is your dv4000 doing? Do you have any overheating issues?

Now my dv4000 gets warm even when it's running at 787MHz. Imagine how much hot it gets when gamming, IF I can actually game, because this laptop turns itself off!
Up until about 3 weeks ago I hadn't even turned on the A/C.... Turned it on because my overtemp alarms were going off on my desktop on the hard drive carriers.


I shudder to think what temps a laptop would be running due to the confined case /small airspace around laptop components.
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post #14 of 15
7/31/06 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by Ericko
Yes. Actually in France they are scared because 24 people have died because of the heat wave. Here in Mexico we have 32 states, and only in 1 of them 29 people have died. So I think we have worst problems than France.

Billcsho: How is your dv4000 doing? Do you have any overheating issues?

Now my dv4000 gets warm even when it's running at 787MHz. Imagine how much hot it gets when gamming, IF I can actually game, because this laptop turns itself off!
Hola Amigo,

As of last Saturday, there were over 135 people died in California because of the heat. We are having over 100F (38.9C) in heat index (with humidity considered) here in Michigan which is almost unheard of. I am running my DV4000 in my office right now with air-conditioning and it is still only 42-45C (at 800MHz, 0.812V). I am running it over 18 hours a day without a cooler most of the time. If I leave it run overnight at home with AC power, I usually plug in the Antec Cooler. Last time I forgot to plug in the power adapter, the cooler drained the 12-cell battery in less than 2 hours (cf 4.5hr without cooler). The cooler typically drops 10C in the CPU temperature, and of course, it will now go below ambient temperature+15C.
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post #15 of 15
7/31/06 at 6:35pm
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Originally Posted by billcsho
Hola Amigo,

As of last Saturday, there were over 135 people died in California because of the heat. We are having over 100F (38.9C) in heat index (with humidity considered) here in Michigan which is almost unheard of. I am running my DV4000 in my office right now with air-conditioning and it is still only 42-45C (at 800MHz, 0.812V). I am running it over 18 hours a day without a cooler most of the time. If I leave it run overnight at home with AC power, I usually plug in the Antec Cooler. Last time I forgot to plug in the power adapter, the cooler drained the 12-cell battery in less than 2 hours (cf 4.5hr without cooler). The cooler typically drops 10C in the CPU temperature, and of course, it will now go below ambient temperature+15C.
Yes, I read in the newspaper they were 132 people who died. It's pretty bad.

I will have to buy a laptop cooling pad, but that won't help that much, 'cause I like to play some games when I'm on a trip and a cool pad won't be such a good idea.
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