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Anyone's 8600 running warmer since SP2 installed?

post #1 of 19
9/5/04 at 12:26pm
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I can't be imagining this. My fans would hardly ever kick in during normal Windows use, ever since I installed SP2, my fans kick in all over the place, even just watching a DVD and doing nothing else. Anyone else's system doing the same?

And yes, my temps seem higher now too
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post #2 of 19
9/6/04 at 2:53am
Well, I have been staying away from SP2, waiting for initial reports from poor users.

So a plea to those bold enough to jump into SP2: please record which Windows programs and services are running on your boxes under SP1, and tell us what additional programs/services appear in the Task Manager after upgrading to SP2.
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post #3 of 19
9/6/04 at 4:36am
i've been noticing my fans running more while doing nothing with SP2
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post #4 of 19
9/6/04 at 10:27am
Both of my laptops run the same or better. No extra heating noted. Haven't done much gaming with SP2.

John
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post #5 of 19
9/6/04 at 10:59am
No change on either my 9100 or my gf's 8600 in terms of heat. I had been running release candidates previously for some time and never noticed anything heat wise there either.
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post #6 of 19
9/6/04 at 11:14am
The only differance I've seen with SP2 is the Powerup and Shut down times have increased. No heat problems noted.
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post #7 of 19
9/6/04 at 11:40am
my fan runs alot with sp2 (havent tried with sp1 though), it even runs sometimes when playing mp3's (using speedswitch xp and dynamic switching on DC)

I have the 8600c with PM 1.6, 2x256, Radeon 9600, 60 gb 5400rpm, samsung wsxga
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post #8 of 19
9/6/04 at 11:41am
SP2 killed my dog!!
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post #9 of 19
9/6/04 at 12:05pm
im giving it a try now. ill let you know how sp2 does on my 8600.

cheese
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post #10 of 19
9/6/04 at 3:05pm
FYI, SP2 also now causes my shoes to come untied regularly as well as blocking my toaster from receiving incoming bread.
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post #11 of 19
9/6/04 at 3:44pm
well ive noticed no problems with sp2. i played desert combat for a while and did notice that the funs seemed to be running more often.Didnt have any effect on gameplay. other then that no complaints as far as wireless , internet ,ect.

cheese
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post #12 of 19
9/6/04 at 6:02pm
"FYI, SP2 also now causes my shoes to come untied regularly as well as blocking my toaster from receiving incoming bread."


Well that does it for me then...No SP2 on any of my machines....No way M$ is gettin its grubby mits on my toaster. (until Toaster Slots 2003 comes out anyway) I love toast waaay too much..yea toast!
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post #13 of 19
9/6/04 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by WilliamG
I can't be imagining this. My fans would hardly ever kick in during normal Windows use, ever since I installed SP2, my fans kick in all over the place, even just watching a DVD and doing nothing else. Anyone else's system doing the same?

And yes, my temps seem higher now too
Hmm, I was just posting about my fan noise in a separate post. I know I downloaded SP2 fairly soon after connecting to my LAN, which is about when my fans started coming on all the time, but I feel like it did this even before I installed it. Is there a way to uninstall SP2 without losing anything, or without losing SP1?
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post #14 of 19
9/6/04 at 6:16pm
You can remove SP2 through Add/Remove programs.
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post #15 of 19
9/6/04 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by The ArchAngel
You can remove SP2 through Add/Remove programs.
I know, but does this put the system back to the way it was before SP2? Or does it affect anything else? SP1 will still be installed?
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post #16 of 19
9/6/04 at 8:39pm
SP1 should still be installed. I imagine that any programs you installed after SP2 was installed may stop working.
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post #17 of 19
9/9/04 at 3:04am
Once you have got SP2, don't go back, just wait for an update. In the near future, even cautious guys like me won't be able to stay away from SP2, since MS will asssume SP2 is installed for their future security updates.
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post #18 of 19
9/9/04 at 8:15pm
Not having any issues at all with sevice pak 2, no extra heat and no fan issues, all programs are running smoothly, wireless flawless, and gameplay is still very smooth with Doom 3 and also Rome Total War Demo.....

Specs 8600 1.7
128Nvidia 5650FxGo
768Mb 333DDR
60 Gig Hd
15.4 WSXGA+
1300 Wireless
4xDVDR+RW
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post #19 of 19
9/9/04 at 10:29pm
My i8600 has also been running noticeably warmer since I upgraded to SP2. If anyone comes across a fix for this, or any other info I'd love to hear it.
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