help with my laptop

[hippie_lettuce]

hey all,

so i have one of these HP pavilion dv6000's, and i didn't realize until now just how crappily this thing puts out heat. so, it's overheating alot..causing it to have internal hard drive problems, plus i have just read that there's a motherboard problem, and HP's not going to do anything about it.

anyway, i don't want to scrap this thing, seeing as though it cost too much money...so i was wondering if anyone has this same problem of overheating (whether you have the same laptop as me or not) and if you have any good notebook cooler pad suggestions.

thanks!

 

[Haps]

First thing with any laptop is to keep it vaccuumed out, helps it cool itself. Take your shop vac and vac out any and all slots, input ports, and the big fan that looks like a circle on the bottom.

 

[mpd]

Then go over to Staples or Office Depot and get a laptop chiller/coller - they cost about $30 and provide additional air movement for the benefit of the laptop. Don't delay, I had this same problem with the Toshiba Satellites and it can drive you nuts.

 

[hippie_lettuce]

ive been looking at cooler pads online but there are too many contending reviews, of course..

 

[mpd]

None of them are worth spit. They all last about 18 months then they start to fall off rapidly, so it's not like you are going to get something of quality. Face it. You'll go, buy the damn thing, bring it home and face your husband's ridicule for having bought a piece of junk. Later, still harboring your resentments you can get even and deny him his one true pleasure in life - no not that...

 

[zomg1]

i had the same problem, 2 things you can do, go buy a cooling pad from best buy or somewhere like that.. or if you mainly use your laptop on desks or other flat surfaces just put 2 long rectangular objects (something that will grip not just slide around everywhere) on the left and right side of the bottom of the laptop, this props it up a bit allowing it to get way more airflow..

i have an hp laptop, i bought a cooling pad and it worked, but i ended up losing it when my luggage got lost which sucked bigtime.. i didnt want to go buy a new one so i just attached the 2 rectangular pieces of plastic to the bottom with some double sided tape, this also worked, and was much cheaper

also go buy one of those little cans of compressed air and blast out your keyboard and all fan intake's, there might be some dust hampering your cooling potential

 

[midwestganja]

This is what i've got:
http://www.amazon.com/DataStor-UNBCPX-3-Fan-Notebook-Cooling/dp/B000FFIJRQ

Also keep in mind, depending on where the "intake" fans on your notebook are, you'll kind of want to get a cooling pad that has the cooling fans in the same area to maximum cooling efficiency. If you get a cooling pad with fans that are nowhere near your notebooks intake fans you probably wont see much improvement. As a temporary fix try elevating your notebook off of the ground with something on all 4 corners.

Pz

 

[hippie_lettuce]

thanks zomg1 that's kinda what i'm doing right now..i have a ghetto setup that involves two textbooks, one on either side of the laptop haha. i'll see if i can't get my hands on a can of compressed air..

quote mpd: "None of them are worth spit. They all last about 18 months then they start to fall off rapidly, so it's not like you are going to get something of quality. Face it. You'll go, buy the damn thing, bring it home and face your husband's ridicule for having bought a piece of junk. Later, still harboring your resentments you can get even and deny him his one true pleasure in life - no not that..."

actually...i never deny him his TWO true pleasures in life, and one of them is growing

 

[hippie_lettuce]

thanks midwestganja

yeah after reading all those different reviews for every product i saw i'm deciding to forgo buying one for now. kinda poor, you know?

 

[mpd]

thanks zomg1 that's kinda what i'm doing right now..i have a ghetto setup that involves two textbooks, one on either side of the laptop haha. i'll see if i can't get my hands on a can of compressed air..

quote mpd: "None of them are worth spit. They all last about 18 months then they start to fall off rapidly, so it's not like you are going to get something of quality. Face it. You'll go, buy the damn thing, bring it home and face your husband's ridicule for having bought a piece of junk. Later, still harboring your resentments you can get even and deny him his one true pleasure in life - no not that..."

actually...i never deny him his TWO true pleasures in life, and one of them is growing

I thought the one true pleasure was peanut butter cookies. Shows what an out-of-touch jerk I turned out to be...

 

[hippie_lettuce]

mmm..peanut butter cookies

 

[mpd]

See, there is no denying it...

 

[SomeGuy]

A good outlet is techforless.com They sell refurb and open box items at a discount and their customer service is awesome. You might find something there. I generally look through Newegg and compare reviews.

I just bought a open box Toshiba Dynadock from TFL at a great discount. Got the item and 2 of the USB ports are supposed to be "on all the time." Well, everything worked BUT that so I emailed them and a LIVE HUMAN calls me back and offers a return or replacement at their expense or money credited back to my CC if I just wanted to keep it!

DOH!!!

They have all kinds of stuff like appliances, AC's TV's you name it.

 

[zomg1]

thanks zomg1 that's kinda what i'm doing right now..i have a ghetto setup that involves two textbooks, one on either side of the laptop haha. i'll see if i can't get my hands on a can of compressed air..

haha i used 2 pencils for a couple days before i found something more suitable it was still better than random shutdowns all the time

 

[Hydro-Soil]

The shopvac idea is excellent. Wish I had one.

I have a cooling rack I use. It's a small one for bread pans. I turn it upside down and put the laptop on it.

I used to have it right side up but the laptop kept sliding around. Turning it over allows me to rest the keyboard part on one side of the legs while the screen/hinge part sits almost on the desk itself. It doesn't move around that way and stays an inch or so off the desk where the fan intake is. Keeps it cool enough.

Nothing to burn out so it'll work forever until it rusts. LOL

 

[hippie_lettuce]

that cooling rack idea sounds fantastic. wow..i'm glad i got all this advice, or else i probably would've jumped the gun and paid $50 (!) for something that would've sucked anyway.
hopefully one of these ideas will keep this darned computer cool enough for it not to burn out its own wireless card or motherboard. i just bought some seeds and i'm trying not to spend anymore money, being the broke student that i am.

 

[mpd]

Then take my advice. Pull down your pants and go slide on the ice.

When you get home, just sit on the computer a while.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
No, I really am like this all the time...

 

[hippie_lettuce]

hey, i think i will! got some ice on the ground from last night, i'm sure that'll cool things down a lot.

thanks again, mpd!

 

[mpd]

A woman with a sense of humor and a husband. I actually feel for the lad. Be easy with him, if you don't use the gentle cycle men tend to get lost real quick...

 

[hippie_lettuce]

no, he's not my husband..is a woman with a sense of humor such a bad thing? went from laptop coolers to philosophy about men and women. nice!