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z70va hard drive heat?

post #1 of 28
5/17/06 at 6:12am
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I am using a z70va with the speedfan fix (which only works sometimes, btw) and the hd is constantly between 50 and 60 degrees celsius. should i be worried, and if so, what can i do about it?
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post #2 of 28
5/17/06 at 4:51pm
Are you using a 7200rpm hard drive?? How long you use and made it 50~60 egress celsius??
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post #3 of 28
5/17/06 at 4:57pm
Are you file sharing/downloading/uploading? That raises the HD activity resulting in increased heat. The HD I have in my Z70va never goes past 55, so if yours is constantly around 55-60, then it might not be normal.
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post #4 of 28
5/20/06 at 9:03pm
Mine is usually about 52 ish....No more than 55 yet
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post #5 of 28
5/20/06 at 9:21pm
my 7k60 goes past 55 degrees sometimes, esp when I put the notebook on my lap (thus blocking the fans on the bottom)
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post #6 of 28
5/26/06 at 5:08am

Heat Issues

Okay I have NHC and lately it's been heating a lot.

I have z70va.
1.73 ghz
1 gig
60 gig 7200 rpm
x700 128mb

Whenever I'm installing a game or like sending a file over to my brother's computer, my hard drive heat goes over 55 degrees. Heck, I've seen it even go up to 60 degrees.

When I'm playing a game my CPU heat goes over 85 degrees. It even goes up to like 91 degrees, which worries me a lot.

Is this normal when you had this laptop for a bit of time? Or is it a problem? What do I need to do?

Thanks.
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post #7 of 28
5/26/06 at 10:15am
The hard drive heat isn't abnormal as neither of the fans causes airflow through the HD compartment. You would need to cool the whole notebook down with a cooling pad to get the temps down.

For the CPU, check to make sure the CPU fan isn't clogged with dust first. If temps are still high, you should apply new thermal paste and reseat the heatsink.
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post #8 of 28
5/26/06 at 2:08pm
Try to clean up the dust in the fan and vent and clean up the used thermal compound and apply some archive silver 5 to the heatsink, let us see whether it works.
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post #9 of 28
5/26/06 at 6:06pm
I checked the fan and it had absolutely NO dust, so I'm guessing it's the thermal paste.

Am I supposed to buy the new thermal paste in a local store? Also, is the heatsink the metallic thing on top of the CPU?
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post #10 of 28
5/27/06 at 1:34pm
Just try to clean up the old thermal paste on the heatsink and put some new one on the top of the CPU. Contact your local store to ask for a CPU thermal compound, Arctic Silver is a famous brand name for CPU thermal compound maker.
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post #11 of 28
5/27/06 at 2:57pm
Wait, so it's the thermal paste that's gone old or something?
Does this mean I have to put new thermal paste on it every few months?
Am I the only one experiencing this?
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post #12 of 28
5/27/06 at 4:07pm
You could get yourself a cooling pad. Some people have reported very good results. Thermal paste is over rated sometimes. The stuff they already use on your heatsink/cpu is ok. The best thermal paste only lower temps by a couple of degrees when stressed.

If you do plan to apply thermal paste make sure you know what you're doing and to remove the old thermal paste cleanly with Isopropyl. Then apply a very fine layer of Artic Silver 5 or similar.
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post #13 of 28
5/27/06 at 10:09pm
Then what kind of cooling pads are good?

Is it just my laptop or everyone else's laptop get hot like 90 degrees when playing an MMORPG?
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post #14 of 28
5/27/06 at 11:40pm
There are loads to choose from... Any cooling pad will do about the same job. Just go for one with at least 2 fans blowing upwards onto the underside of the laptop.

Vantec, Cooler Master, Aerocool are branded ones or you go for the cheaper generic ones like the ones found on eBay:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...rclo=&saprchi=

Your temps are slightly on the high side. Not quite critical but slightly lower temps would be nice. When I game I can reach about 80c+
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post #15 of 28
5/28/06 at 12:32am
What would be a critical temperature while playing a game?

Also, is there a way to speed up my fan's RPM? Like make it run fast even when I'm running at 800mhz?
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post #16 of 28
5/28/06 at 1:10am
download the program "Speedfan". It sometimes lets u change your fans speed. Good luck
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post #17 of 28
5/28/06 at 1:51am
CPU critical temp is 100c and hard disk not to be above 55c-60c. Its the hard disk temp I'm actually more concerned about... I would definitely get a cooling pad!
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post #18 of 28
6/1/06 at 11:11pm
I am having the hard disk "overheat" problem according to NHC for the first time just now while gaming. I have had my z70va for about 7 months now...no problems until now. The ambient temp is no higher than it usually is. Nothing else is reading higher than normal. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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post #19 of 28
6/1/06 at 11:20pm
I just posted this in another thread, but I just had mine (z70va 5400 rpm seagate 100 gb) overheat for the first time in the 7 months I have owned it. I was gaming, but nothing is different than any other time I have gamed. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
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post #20 of 28
6/1/06 at 11:45pm
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