heat problem

[SIMSIM]

my laptop heats up drasticly with or without ultimate use and no air holes are covered

[rich912]

It could be that the vents are clogged with dust, but the model and age of your notebook will help members to advise you further.

[SIMSIM]

my vaio VGN-A115Z and i have had for just over a year although it has been a problem for a long time now. i dont see much if at all any dust in the vents however i have attemped to change VAIO POWER MANAGMENT which controls performance and fans and things but that doesnt help an awful lot

[rich912]

It may prove that judicious use of compressed air applied to the cooling vents will solve your heat problem, but first download MobileMeter and report back on the CPU temperature.

[SIMSIM]

what would be a sensible tempreture would you say?

[rich912]

The processor in your model (Intel Pentium M Processor 725) has a max temperature of 100 deg C but I would expect to see temperatures in the 50’s rising to the low 60’s during intense CPU activity

[Mr.C]

what would be a sensible tempreture would you say?

I've been using my S1XP for a good few hours now - nothing too streuous, and my CPU is running at 42 degrees, HDD at 39.

I would imagine that somewhere around that area would be considdered the norm....?

[SIMSIM]

after leaving my laptop cool down while it is off for a while, it displays as 54 and 41 but when i was playing a game it turned to 83 and 50. and about that compressed air solution - is it long or short term, how many times will i have to do it and where can i get a can of compressed air

[SIMSIM]

i have also de tuned my proccessor to 600mhz (from vaio power managment to get the heat levels down

[SIMSIM]

please keep in mind that i dont want to be running the system at slow speeds - otherwise there would never be a point in buying a 1.6ghz comp