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Thread ID: 115626 2011-01-27 03:38:00 what temps does your laptop get to? GameJunkie (72) PC World Chat
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1172914 2011-01-27 03:38:00 I've found mine regularly gets to between 60-75 degrees(the cpu according to speedfan) whilst using it for web browsing, watching videos etc.

it sits on a wooden desk so airflow shouldn't? be a problem.

it does get quite warm though which is slightly worrying but hey.
GameJunkie (72)
1172915 2011-01-27 03:47:00 Well my Asus Eee 701 runs about 52 degrees on idle (used to be higher until I upgraded the BIOS to one that had better fan control)

As for my Toshiba, the BIOS doesn't report the temperature (although I'm sure it knows it as you can hear the fan kick into high speed mode under high CPU load)

My friends BenQ runs even hotter than yours I think.

I think all laptops run rather hot, because of their useless space for decent cooling.

But if its a bit older, you should look into cleaning the heatsinks etc, that wouldn't help if they were dusty.
Agent_24 (57)
1172916 2011-01-27 03:52:00 mines roughly 2 years old.
there's a bios update for my laptop but it doesnt mention anything regarding fan control or whatever, november 09 i think its dated.
GameJunkie (72)
1172917 2011-01-27 04:05:00 You may be able to get manual fan control with something like Speedfan

Otherwise you could always try the BIOS update for fun. I know I would :lol: (Although you may want to be sure you can downgrade again just in case)
Agent_24 (57)
1172918 2011-01-27 04:07:00 i havent found any manual controls for the fans, i thought you could only control the fans on desktops??

i have to have a desktop fan on full pointed at my laptop to keep the temps down :lol:
GameJunkie (72)
1172919 2011-01-27 04:12:00 You can control the fan speed on anything that has been designed to. Desktops are more likely to do that than laptops, though.

Did you try Speedfan?
Agent_24 (57)
1172920 2011-01-27 04:23:00 i assume i change the fan % from here www.imagef1.net.nz

what should the minimum be set at? currently its at 0% for all of them
GameJunkie (72)
1172921 2011-01-27 04:25:00 I think that 0% and no RPM readout means that the fans are uncontrollable (by Speedfan anyway)

But you could try putting each one to 100% and see if the fan increases speed...
Agent_24 (57)
1172922 2011-01-27 04:30:00 hmm, not sure if its doing anything.

might have a look and see if there's any dust i can clear out without taking it apart
GameJunkie (72)
1172923 2011-01-27 04:35:00 only have one page of FF open and speedfan going; the hdd is listed at 39d, temp1 at 63d and core at 64. but they temp1 and core do fluxuate quite a bit GameJunkie (72)
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