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  1. Nov 18th, 2010, 06:42 PM #1
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    Laptop cooling

    Hello, recently I've upgraded my HP Pavilion tx2000 to Win 7 64 bit and though I'm not sure this was the cause for that but the notebook becomes hot within minutes and stays hot. When I say 'hot' I mean it. I can't touch its bottom. It works but every so often it goes into hibernation (due to overheat, I think).
    I disassembled it and cleaned (surprisingly there was very little dust) but the problem remains. So, the quesiton: can an upgrade to 64 bit have an impact on this and the second question -- are those cooling devices for laptops all that effective and what else can be done to reduce heat?
    #define true ((rand() % 2)? true: false) // Debug THAT!

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    Re: Laptop cooling

    check the laptop website and see if there is a driver/patch for this issue. win7 isn't supported but if i am not mistaken you have an amd chipset. You can get an amd chipset (coolnquiet) driver from amd's website. This driver throttles the cpu down when it's not needed and this will keep the laptop cooler.
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    Re: Laptop cooling

    Yes, it's AMD. Thanks. I'll check this.
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  4. Nov 19th, 2010, 02:05 AM #4
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    Re: Laptop cooling

    Actually (for W7), I think you don't need an additional driver for the cool n quite to work on AMD, but the Power Options profile has to be on Balanced.
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