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Jordan
I have an HP Pavilion zd7010us. It is a P-IV with 1.25 GB, 60 GB HD, 17"
wide screen. I have had the unit for about 2.5 years but in the past 6-12
months I have been having overheating and shutdown problems. I have
narrowed it down to it happening when I am on battery power or more
specifically when the speedstep technology kicks in.
Up until recently I had the power scheme set to MAX Battery which caused the
fans to run really fast at very odd times like when using Word just to write
a memo (no graphics, no OLE, nothing special) or emailing or light
spreadsheets. Now that I have the power scheme set to Always On it happens
very rarely, but still enough to be annoying and I don't get good battery
life.
If I have the laptop plugged in with an Always On scheme and working for
hours the fans are low and the CPU temp is around 105-112 F. It seems like
within minutes of unplugging the power when I have a scheme other than
Always On the fans kick in and the CPU goes up to ~135 F. I assumed that
when the laptop goes on battery CPU power and fan speed would drop, but it
seems the opposite is happening here.
If I really want to jack up the CPU temp to cause the shutdown I only need
to plug and unplug the laptop every 10 minutes or so. The CPU temp and fan
speed do not kick down when toggling. They just increase.
wide screen. I have had the unit for about 2.5 years but in the past 6-12
months I have been having overheating and shutdown problems. I have
narrowed it down to it happening when I am on battery power or more
specifically when the speedstep technology kicks in.
Up until recently I had the power scheme set to MAX Battery which caused the
fans to run really fast at very odd times like when using Word just to write
a memo (no graphics, no OLE, nothing special) or emailing or light
spreadsheets. Now that I have the power scheme set to Always On it happens
very rarely, but still enough to be annoying and I don't get good battery
life.
If I have the laptop plugged in with an Always On scheme and working for
hours the fans are low and the CPU temp is around 105-112 F. It seems like
within minutes of unplugging the power when I have a scheme other than
Always On the fans kick in and the CPU goes up to ~135 F. I assumed that
when the laptop goes on battery CPU power and fan speed would drop, but it
seems the opposite is happening here.
If I really want to jack up the CPU temp to cause the shutdown I only need
to plug and unplug the laptop every 10 minutes or so. The CPU temp and fan
speed do not kick down when toggling. They just increase.