Victus 16 Recurrent Overheating 1 Month After Professiona Maintenance

[yahya308]

I own an HP Victus 16-s0007nt with a Ryzen 7 7840HS, RTX 4070
I’ve been facing a repeating thermal issue that reappears every 1–1.5 months, even after professional maintenance — so I believe it’s not a basic cleaning or repasting problem.

About a month ago, I had the laptop serviced by an experienced technician:

• Thermal paste replaced with Arctic MX-6

• Fans and heatpipes thoroughly cleaned

• Proper screw pressure and heatsink contact verified

Immediately after the service, under 100 % CPU load (AIDA64 / Cinebench R23), temps were around 82–83 °C.
After about 1 month, the same stress test now hits 98–100 °C again.
This pattern has repeated several times, even with different technicians and quality thermal compounds.

Fans spin normally, airflow is clear, performance modes are set to “Performance” — no visible dust or blockage.
In other words, cleaning and repasting temporarily fix it, but the issue always returns after ~1 month.

My current BIOS version is F.29. I’ve noticed F.30 Rev.A exists, but I couldn’t find any official changelog mentioning thermal or fan-curve improvements, so I haven’t updated yet.

Please, I’d appreciate insights beyond basic cleaning or repaste suggestions — specifically:

• Known thermal design issues with this model

• Whether HP has revised the cooling module in later units

• or if BIOS/EC updates changed thermal management behavior

Thanks in advance for any technical insights or official feedback you can provide.

[VikramTheGreat · Accepted solution]

Hi @yahya308,

Welcome to the HP Support Community.
 

Thank you for posting your query. I will be glad to help you.

You’ve done an excellent job detailing the situation and ruling out basic causes. Based on HP documentation and community insights, here’s what we know about HP Victus 16-s0007nt (Ryzen 7 7840HS + RTX 4070) and its recurring thermal behavior:

Known Thermal Characteristics

• HP Victus and OMEN laptops are designed to allow CPUs to run close to their maximum safe temperature (TjMax) under heavy load. For AMD Ryzen 7000 series, this is typically 95–105 °C. The system will throttle or boost fan speeds when approaching these limits, which is considered normal by design.
  👉 HP OMEN and HP Victus PCs – Balancing temperature and performance in HP gaming PCs | HP® Support
• However, your pattern good temps after repaste, then degradation after ~1 month suggests either:
  • Thermal compound migration or pump-out effect (common in laptops with high heat cycles and thin dies).
  • EC firmware or BIOS fan curve limitations that prevent sustained aggressive cooling.

BIOS & EC Firmware

• BIOS updates (e.g., F.30 Rev.A) rarely list thermal changes in public changelogs, but HP has historically adjusted fan curves and EC power limits silently in updates.
• There are active requests for EC firmware revisions to improve GPU/CPU power delivery and thermal management. HP acknowledges that EC firmware governs fan behavior and throttling logic.

Recommendation:
Update to BIOS F.30 Rev.A via Official HP® Support and monitor if fan behavior changes. HP often includes EC tweaks without explicit notes.

Advanced Mitigation Strategies

• Performance Mode in OMEN Gaming Hub: Ensure it’s set to Performance, and manually set fans to max during stress tests.
• Undervolting or PPT Limit: Ryzen Controller or AMD Adrenalin can cap CPU boost to reduce thermal spikes without major performance loss.
• Cooling Pad + Elevated Rear: Improves airflow significantly for the Victus chassis.
• High-end Thermal Pads for VRMs: Some users report better stability when VRMs stay cooler, reducing heat soak into the CPU/GPU heatpipes.

I hope this helps.

Take care and have an amazing day!
 

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VikramTheGreat

[yahya308]

it was pump out effect. thank you.