AMD Phenom II X4 N930 running hot, maximum temperature?

[Dragon280]

My notebook computer is running very hot.  For some reason, at the desk with an oversized 9-cell battery, with the CPU under full load (with all cores in use), the Wyvern had temperature readings up to 65 degrees Celsius.  At times with poor ventilation, the system exceeded 70 degrees Celsius  The fan appears to be running normally, and the system is brand-new.  What is the maximum temperature of the AMD Phenom II X4 N930 processor before thermal throttling occurs, and why is it running so hot?  Is this normal?  Is a laptop cooler necessary?  Thanks,

--Dragon280

[Shadowerr_DV6]

Yes, it is normal.

Mine is AMD TURION X2 and it runs 50-90 degrees.

[Azander]

My N930 idles around 48c and gets up to 65c under load. My old Turion x2 ultra zm-82 idled at 55c and got as hot as 100c. I love my n930 and it stays cooler than the I processors.

[Harshalshah88 · Accepted solution]

i Have the same problem ,,,recently the laptop just switched off on its on indicating the system temp to be 90 Deg

Just ordered a belkin cooling pad

[Dragon280]

So 90°C is the maximum temperature...  Thanks!

[EvilRabbid]

yeah, my new dv6z select edition just arrived a few days ago, it runs really hot too, ur not the only one having this problem. It has N970 + radeon hd 6550m video card. The upper left part(where graphic card is located) gets really hot even with 9 cell battery to keep a space between the desk and the laptop, it gets hot even the system is in idle and I'm considering to get a cooling pad as well.

[Kostadinov]

It is a common issue with HP Laptops to start running hot after a while. Although your temps seem within reason, I'd recommend replacing the thermal grease(thermal interface material - TIM) on both the CPU and GPU. I have seen this issue on both my parents' dv9000 and a mate's Presario series. In both cases, the laptop ran hot and even shut itself down.

Luckily, HP provide a free maintenance guide that shows you step by step how to take the laptop apart to the CPU and GPU level in order to swap out the TIM.

I recommend using Arctic Silver 5(about 5GBP off Amazon, lasts for AAAAAAAAAAGES!!!). Also ArctiClean(about the same) to get rid of the old shyte(otherwise - might as well put chewing gum in between).

Now AS5 has its certain application method. I find it works best when after you clean the surface you put a small dab of it, just the size of the opening on the nozzle of the tube, stick the heatsink on top of it, give it a good push down to help it spread, remove again to inspect - at this stage the TIM should cover about 1/3 to 1/2 of the surface, any more is way too much, any less - it won't spread well enough. After successful inspection - put the heatsink back on, give it a little twist with gentle pressure so it gets all the air out and screw it back down tightly.

When you first boot up the temps might look higher than expected. This is normal as the break in period of AS5 is 200 hours of normal use.

When I did it however I cheated. I ran Prime95 until it reached max temp, then shut it down and let it cool to room temp. Run this cycle a few times and the temps go down by about 2-5*C by the end of the day.

I managed to reduce an Athlon X2 TK-55 from 92*C Load to about 66*C Load in this manner. 

Overall temp of the laptop came down and it started blowing out hot air again.

As I said HP suffer from this across the board and in general this is not hard to do. It usually affects laptops after about 6 months of use and is simply annoying.

As for theN930, mine has never exceeded 65*C and I'm happy(though when it does I'll have a hard time with the company that made the laptop to obtain a maintenance guide lol)