help with my laptop

[mpd]

Madam, I was expressing awe, nothing more. My mental picture of you remains virginal in every detail, while my sympathy (masking envy) was being expressed for a man who obviously has a clever and funny mate.

Brains and humor are in this year. Must be the year of hippie lettuce...

 

[hippie_lettuce]

HUZZAH! i hope that's so.

wonderful choice of words. reminds me of 19th century British literature.

 

[dontstepongrass]

no one else mentioned this, so i will. laptops ARE NOT designed to be on when not in use. couple that with haps response, and we may have found the problem.

 

[NOKUY]

i have that same laptop hp pavilion dv6000...

ive had it for almost 2 years, and use for hrs and hrs everyday, and never had anyproblem w/ it at all.

i also often fall asleep w/ it on and it's often running all night

i use this "rubermaid" laptop stand....i got it at walmart for like $8.88 or sumthin super cheap like that.

it has no fans, just the steel mesh, and can be adjusted a zillion ways.

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!

 

[mpd]

..wonderful choice of words. reminds me of 19th century British literature...

Busted me...

 

[hippie_lettuce]

dontstepongrass, maybe i'm using my laptop too much then..but seriously, this thing can and usually does get hot even after just thirty minutes. i looked around online, and found out that it's a problem on HP's part. I probably shouldve done my research before i bought this 1 1/2 yrs ago, but now i have to deal, i guess. they wouldn't even do a recall, since it's a motherboard problem. oh well. it's either i try to keep it cool or else i should buy a new laptop, and that's not feasible at the moment.

nokuy, thanks for the suggestion. i'll have to give that a try.

 

[JJScorpio]

This may be a silly question, but is the fan working?

 

[hippie_lettuce]

i can feel one of the fans (vacuums?) sucking up cool air and the other one is blowing hot air, so they are working. to what extent? i guess not enough.

 

[JJScorpio]

If you have a home vacuum with a furniture attachment, take the hose and use it to suck out the openings where the fans are and any other vents/openings....

 

[dontstepongrass]

heat is the enemy of electronics. keeping fans clean is of the utmost importance in laptops since there is A. less room for fans inside them and B. there is substantially less area to dissipate heat.

make sure your fans are clean
try to not leave it running 24/7.

and also, i think u hit it on the head when u said next time u will research before taking the plunge...

 

[JJScorpio]

If you can't do it yourself, it would be a good idea to take it somewhere and have the inside blown out. Dust and dirt builds up on the fan and it drags and has a hard time turning. And that creates heat...

 

[hippie_lettuce]

thanks guys, i'll have to do that..that may help. plus the fan does seem pretty loud, i don't know if that has anything to do with it. sounds like its working TOO hard, you know?