Comments on: Laptop generating more heat with Windows 7? http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/ Tech Answers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ryrzu http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 ryrzu Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:42:27 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3938 SOLUTION FOR TOSHIBA download Chip Set Utility from toshiba site :) that's all :) SOLUTION FOR TOSHIBA

download Chip Set Utility from toshiba site :) that's all :)

]]> By: lappy users http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3933 lappy users Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:42:29 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3933 Same crappy fans on Asus F5SL on W7, I guess this is microsofts way of getting rid of 32 bit systems. Same crappy fans on Asus F5SL on W7, I guess this is microsofts way of getting rid of 32 bit systems.

]]> By: Edmo53 http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3912 Edmo53 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:00:44 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3912 I have a Dell XPS M1330. After installing W7 pro I coud made freid eggs on it. I resoved the problem installing bios revision a14, then the driver from Nvidia for grafic card. Now it's ok. I have a Dell XPS M1330. After installing W7 pro I coud made freid eggs on it. I resoved the problem installing bios revision a14, then the driver from Nvidia for grafic card. Now it's ok.

]]> By: HowzeR http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3905 HowzeR Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:53:13 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3905 My little story happened after Win 7 was installed on my Toshiba M305D-S4831. The cpu fan works fine in bios, however sometimes when windows boots the fan will stop. The cpu fan will not turn on after a resume or hibernate, and once it stopped while in Windows 7 for no good reason. Of course I only learned about the fan issues after my cpu melted. Yes Windows 7 fried my cpu. I had to purchase & install another cpu. Windows 7 does have it's benefits, but can't they get these fan issues under control? Going back to a dual booting XP & Vista. :o( Keep it up Microsoft and I'll be getting a Linux for dummies book. FIX IT!!! My little story happened after Win 7 was installed on my Toshiba M305D-S4831. The cpu fan works fine in bios, however sometimes when windows boots the fan will stop. The cpu fan will not turn on after a resume or hibernate, and once it stopped while in Windows 7 for no good reason. Of course I only learned about the fan issues after my cpu melted. Yes Windows 7 fried my cpu. I had to purchase & install another cpu. Windows 7 does have it's benefits, but can't they get these fan issues under control? Going back to a dual booting XP & Vista. :o ( Keep it up Microsoft and I'll be getting a Linux for dummies book.

FIX IT!!!

]]> By: Oli http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3765 Oli Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:16:22 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3765 Same issue here, I've been runing XP/OS X dual boot for a while on Inspiron 1520 without particular heat issue. The computer does get hot while playing game but never experienced shutdown. I've upgraded the xp to vista without much issue. I decided to test win 7. I've installed a triple boot with w764/w786/os x snow leopard (x64). Guess what both win 7 get's too hot and reboot under stress. In the meantime before figuring that out, I had upgraded my GF almost identical inspiron 1520 (different HD 5200rpm vs 7200rpm, less ram, 8400 instead of 8600 graphic card, but better cpu). I've already noticed that my inspiron got hotter when I replaced the HD about a year ago for a bigger and faster one. Anyways, my gf start complaining about shutdown so I made sure bios and drivers where all up to date. Shutdown where still happening, when I started to game on mine, boom same thing. I'm now in the process of re-installing vista (XP is crap and won't install back because of my setting with OS X) and compare the temp while idle, and under stress. Same issue here,

I've been runing XP/OS X dual boot for a while on Inspiron 1520 without particular heat issue. The computer does get hot while playing game but never experienced shutdown. I've upgraded the xp to vista without much issue. I decided to test win 7. I've installed a triple boot with w764/w786/os x snow leopard (x64). Guess what both win 7 get's too hot and reboot under stress. In the meantime before figuring that out, I had upgraded my GF almost identical inspiron 1520 (different HD 5200rpm vs 7200rpm, less ram, 8400 instead of 8600 graphic card, but better cpu). I've already noticed that my inspiron got hotter when I replaced the HD about a year ago for a bigger and faster one. Anyways, my gf start complaining about shutdown so I made sure bios and drivers where all up to date. Shutdown where still happening, when I started to game on mine, boom same thing. I'm now in the process of re-installing vista (XP is crap and won't install back because of my setting with OS X) and compare the temp while idle, and under stress.

]]> By: Mark http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 Mark Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:13:17 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3761 Same think here on a Amilo Xi2428 T9300. The fan doesn't stop for a single second on Windows 7!?! Under Vista I almoast never heard it... CRAPY windows 7 that is what it is! Bill Gates and their programers probably runs some supercomputers without cooling fans at all...I'm going back to Vista since my NTB fan has allready begone to make quite wierd noises... Same think here on a Amilo Xi2428 T9300. The fan doesn't stop for a single second on Windows 7!?! Under Vista I almoast never heard it... CRAPY windows 7 that is what it is! Bill Gates and their programers probably runs some supercomputers without cooling fans at all...I'm going back to Vista since my NTB fan has allready begone to make quite wierd noises...

]]> By: Jen http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3604 Jen Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3604 Same issue here. I just replaced Windows Vista with Windows 7 and I'm finding that my Acer Aspire 3050 is running ridiculously hot. The fan often runs so loud that I can't make out sounds on my laptop speakers. More so, I worry for the health of my laptop, as I know how damaging heat is to it's components. I DO use a cooling pad with fans and it is STILL unhealthily hot. When using the cooling pad with Vista my laptop fans never needed to go on and it was always cold. I am not impressed with this. I like Windows 7 but my laptop's health is more important. I might try cleaning the hardware out and using a cooling gel, but the fact of the matter is that this was not a problem with Vista. Fail. Same issue here.

I just replaced Windows Vista with Windows 7 and I'm finding that my Acer Aspire 3050 is running ridiculously hot. The fan often runs so loud that I can't make out sounds on my laptop speakers. More so, I worry for the health of my laptop, as I know how damaging heat is to it's components.

I DO use a cooling pad with fans and it is STILL unhealthily hot. When using the cooling pad with Vista my laptop fans never needed to go on and it was always cold.

I am not impressed with this. I like Windows 7 but my laptop's health is more important.

I might try cleaning the hardware out and using a cooling gel, but the fact of the matter is that this was not a problem with Vista.

Fail.

]]> By: matt http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3557 matt Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:55:39 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3557 Since upgrading to W764 Ultimate from Vista I have seen a significant reduction in heat on my Dell Studio laptop xps1340. Running Vista the unit experienced freq shutdowns/freezing. I did a clean install and updated all drivers. Since upgrading to W764 Ultimate from Vista I have seen a significant reduction in heat on my Dell Studio laptop xps1340. Running Vista the unit experienced freq shutdowns/freezing. I did a clean install and updated all drivers.

]]> By: chee http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3553 chee Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:53:21 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3553 I had the same problem with lenovo t400 in the last two months (after warranty expiration). I am running vista x64 with this version, overheating and automatic shut-down happened. With vista 32bit, everything went fine for a year. Last night I closed the switchable graphic and used only integrated graphic, everything went fine with vista x64. I will try to close switchable graphics and use only discrete graphic tonight and report my results. Generally, I would not suppose this to be a hardware problem as long as everything went fine with less heat-generating devices in function. Maybe there is a problem with the 64bit driver. Not sure yet. I called Lenovo yesterday and was told probably something is wrong with the mainboard and a repair would cost $575 dollars. In this case ,i would rather buy a new one I had the same problem with lenovo t400 in the last two months (after warranty expiration). I am running vista x64 with this version, overheating and automatic shut-down happened.
With vista 32bit, everything went fine for a year.
Last night I closed the switchable graphic and used only integrated graphic, everything went fine with vista x64.
I will try to close switchable graphics and use only discrete graphic tonight and report my results.
Generally, I would not suppose this to be a hardware problem as long as everything went fine with less heat-generating devices in function.
Maybe there is a problem with the 64bit driver.
Not sure yet.
I called Lenovo yesterday and was told probably something is wrong with the mainboard and a repair would cost $575 dollars. In this case ,i would rather buy a new one

]]> By: RandomUser http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3342 RandomUser Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:53:54 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3342 I happen to have a very similar problem. I run a Toshiba Satellite L300D-038 and I was not enjoying the pre-installed Vista operating system. However, I still wanted the original OS with my laptop, so I dual-booted Vista with XP. Because of the fact that I rarely used Vista, I then replaced Vista with Windows 7, keeping XP still as a dual-boot. I have noticed that when the laptop is running Windows 7, my fan will be slow, it will run, but very slow and silent for the first 5 minutes. After 5 minutes it continues to run at the same speed, but I notice that the heat that it is blowing out is extremely hot. After another 5 minutes my fan starts blowing at a speed it has never gone at before, neither in Vista or XP. The air it blows out at that point is so hot that it's almost painful to hold my hand near it, and it will never slow down after it kicks in this fast. After about 5 minutes the air it blows out is beginning to cool, but still hot, and after 10 minutes, the air is room temperature, maybe even colder, but the fan continues to blow at a very high speed, and never slows down. If I put the laptop to sleep and wake it up, the fan is slow again, same if I reboot, but it will always blow at high speed after 10 minutes. If I am patient enough to wait for aprox. an hour, sometimes more/less, the laptop will immediately shutdown, no warning at all. If I boot into XP, the laptop controls the speed of the fan correctly, only blowing at speeds necessary. I also have the problem of the ocasional crash during booting in Windows 7. It happens not everytime, but ocasionally. I have no idea what is causing Windows 7 to do this, but it frightens me that it doesn't control my fan accordingly. I fear that it will burn out my laptop components. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. SPECS: 3 GB DDR2 RAM Samsung 320 GB SATA HDD Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-62 64 ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics Realtek High Definition Audio ALC268 Motherboard: Chipset - AMD 780G Southbridge - ATI SB700 I happen to have a very similar problem. I run a Toshiba Satellite L300D-038 and I was not enjoying the pre-installed Vista operating system. However, I still wanted the original OS with my laptop, so I dual-booted Vista with XP. Because of the fact that I rarely used Vista, I then replaced Vista with Windows 7, keeping XP still as a dual-boot. I have noticed that when the laptop is running Windows 7, my fan will be slow, it will run, but very slow and silent for the first 5 minutes. After 5 minutes it continues to run at the same speed, but I notice that the heat that it is blowing out is extremely hot. After another 5 minutes my fan starts blowing at a speed it has never gone at before, neither in Vista or XP. The air it blows out at that point is so hot that it's almost painful to hold my hand near it, and it will never slow down after it kicks in this fast. After about 5 minutes the air it blows out is beginning to cool, but still hot, and after 10 minutes, the air is room temperature, maybe even colder, but the fan continues to blow at a very high speed, and never slows down. If I put the laptop to sleep and wake it up, the fan is slow again, same if I reboot, but it will always blow at high speed after 10 minutes. If I am patient enough to wait for aprox. an hour, sometimes more/less, the laptop will immediately shutdown, no warning at all. If I boot into XP, the laptop controls the speed of the fan correctly, only blowing at speeds necessary. I also have the problem of the ocasional crash during booting in Windows 7. It happens not everytime, but ocasionally. I have no idea what is causing Windows 7 to do this, but it frightens me that it doesn't control my fan accordingly. I fear that it will burn out my laptop components. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
SPECS:
3 GB DDR2 RAM Samsung
320 GB SATA HDD
Atheros AR9281 Wireless Network
Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-62 64
ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics
Realtek High Definition Audio ALC268
Motherboard:
Chipset - AMD 780G
Southbridge - ATI SB700

]]> By: streetfighterthebest http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3331 streetfighterthebest Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:51:11 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3331 Hi everyone I had the same problem. i recovered the the entire vista back after installing the upgrade (win7 home premium). then i thought for a moment and decided to update the entire vista and just install the essential (mostly used softwares). Then after a day of updating and cleaning up, my vista was so up to date .each and every software, the health check for softwares and also cleaning the unwanted files was all complete. Then today i upgraded to win 7 and the only thing i did after installing is just bloww some air ito the vents in laptop for proper ventilation (i didnot have much dust - just did it for the sake of erasing the option that it caused the problem). Now it does not get hot much. all major softwares are now updated by the software companies to be compactible with win 7 and also vista, so u wont have any difficulty installing any softwares in vista which is required in win7 So these are the step to take 1.recover or install back the previous OS. 2. install all the softwares (mostly used and also all the updates u can ever find). Try to find the update for ur graphics card software-imp 3. after installing allllllllllllllllllllllllll the updates of each and every program clean all the unwanted temporary files (u can use CCleaner, and disk cleanup) 4. then after everything is complete shutdown the computer, remove the ac connnetion (and battery if any), clean the vents. 5. then reinstall the entire win7 6. run the disk cleanup (to clenup the files upgrade copied and also some log files) then the ccleaner. Hi everyone
I had the same problem. i recovered the the entire vista back after installing the upgrade (win7 home premium). then i thought for a moment and decided to update the entire vista and just install the essential (mostly used softwares). Then after a day of updating and cleaning up, my vista was so up to date .each and every software, the health check for softwares and also cleaning the unwanted files was all complete. Then today i upgraded to win 7 and the only thing i did after installing is just bloww some air ito the vents in laptop for proper ventilation (i didnot have much dust - just did it for the sake of erasing the option that it caused the problem). Now it does not get hot much.
all major softwares are now updated by the software companies to be compactible with win 7 and also vista, so u wont have any difficulty installing any softwares in vista which is required in win7

So these are the step to take
1.recover or install back the previous OS.
2. install all the softwares (mostly used and also all the updates u can ever find). Try to find the update for ur graphics card software-imp
3. after installing allllllllllllllllllllllllll the updates of each and every program clean all the unwanted temporary files (u can use CCleaner, and disk cleanup)
4. then after everything is complete shutdown the computer, remove the ac connnetion (and battery if any), clean the vents.
5. then reinstall the entire win7
6. run the disk cleanup (to clenup the files upgrade copied and also some log files) then the ccleaner.

]]> By: soloo http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3316 soloo Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:13:49 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3316 I'm using Windows 7 on my laptop acer 5720zg, and since installation i have serious problems with overheating. In my opinion the fan does not change its speed correctly when the processor starts to work. I was doing tests with OCCT, and in one minut the temp of processor went from 55C to 100C!!! I can't even watch movies on my laptop now... Anyone has ANY idea what to do? I have heard it has something to do with ACPI settings, but i have no idea how to change them. I've tried to update BIOS and install different graphic drivers, but nothing changed. Please - HELP!!! I'm using Windows 7 on my laptop acer 5720zg, and since installation i have serious problems with overheating. In my opinion the fan does not change its speed correctly when the processor starts to work. I was doing tests with OCCT, and in one minut the temp of processor went from 55C to 100C!!! I can't even watch movies on my laptop now... Anyone has ANY idea what to do? I have heard it has something to do with ACPI settings, but i have no idea how to change them. I've tried to update BIOS and install different graphic drivers, but nothing changed. Please - HELP!!!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3313 Patrick Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:46 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3313 Hi @ all, I have the same heating Problems on my Toshiba Satellite A300 (2,4GHz 4GB-Ram, Ati HD3650, 2x160HDD). The first time I installed Win7 was when the Win7 Beta Build was released. I also noticed, that my system runs more and faster hot than with win Vista (which is the OS saled with my toshiba). I thought, that the heating problems are caused in not supported hardware because of not installed driver. Now Win7 is final and saled and I got one from my MSDNAA Account. Toshiba delivered the drivers for my model some days ago, so I installed them, but I have the same heating Problems... As said above in another post the temp rised even if my laptop is doing nothing... I have installed CPU-Z and found out that my CPU is not at the lowest frequency which is allowed from EIST. Seems that Win7 does not reduce my CPU freq to the lowest level. It is not possible for me to play a game like Counterstrike Source with Win7 because my notebook is automatically shut down because of reaching critical high temp. If anybody has a solution, an idea or the same problem...please post it... Hi @ all,

I have the same heating Problems on my Toshiba Satellite A300 (2,4GHz 4GB-Ram, Ati HD3650, 2x160HDD). The first time I installed Win7 was when the Win7 Beta Build was released. I also noticed, that my system runs more and faster hot than with win Vista (which is the OS saled with my toshiba). I thought, that the heating problems are caused in not supported hardware because of not installed driver.

Now Win7 is final and saled and I got one from my MSDNAA Account. Toshiba delivered the drivers for my model some days ago, so I installed them, but I have the same heating Problems...

As said above in another post the temp rised even if my laptop is doing nothing...

I have installed CPU-Z and found out that my CPU is not at the lowest frequency which is allowed from EIST. Seems that Win7 does not reduce my CPU freq to the lowest level.

It is not possible for me to play a game like Counterstrike Source with Win7 because my notebook is automatically shut down because of reaching critical high temp.

If anybody has a solution, an idea or the same problem...please post it...

]]> By: isaac http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 isaac Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:59:29 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3307 Hi JeremyNZ, i hace the same model acer aspire 5315 and the heating problems, where do you find the driver, i don't find it anywhere. Please can you post alink to the download page? thanks. Hi JeremyNZ, i hace the same model acer aspire 5315 and the heating problems, where do you find the driver, i don't find it anywhere. Please can you post alink to the download page? thanks.

]]> By: rafi http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/07/08/laptop-generating-more-heat-with-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 rafi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:33:04 +0000 http://www.whatthetech.com/?p=715#comment-3306 what does that last comment suggestion do to the computer? what does that last comment suggestion do to the computer?

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