AMD's (Notebooks) Heating Issues.

NLAlston · 01-08-2006, 08:44 AM

In an earlier thread of mine I posted a few concerns regarding an AMD Athlon Emachine Notebook, and forgot to mention about something that I'd read. In searching through some sites where owners expressed their reviews on this unit, one reviewer (though I can't remember where I read it) spoke of knowing owners of AMD notebooks who had some thermal thingamajig replaced with a better/stronger one. It was an act which prevented any further heating woes. Does anyone know of what he was speaking of? and of how much something of this nature is likely to cost (ballpark, of course).

LaptopExtreme · 01-09-2006, 12:02 AM

They might have just scraped the thermal grease off of the heatsink and spread some Artic Silver on it instead. If it was that (I dont think there's anything else), it was all in their head. Artic Silver will make a difference on desktop systems, but it'll do next to nothing at all on a notebook. You can try undervolting also with a program like RM Clock or Notebook Hardware Control (NHC).

NLAlston · 01-09-2006, 01:53 AM

Thanks much. I will look into that.

Hairy_Lee · 01-09-2006, 01:56 AM

get yourself a cooling pad for your laptop, it will blow more air into your laptop and keep it cooler

01-08-2006, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
NLAlston Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 51	AMD's (Notebooks) Heating Issues. In an earlier thread of mine I posted a few concerns regarding an AMD Athlon Emachine Notebook, and forgot to mention about something that I'd read. In searching through some sites where owners expressed their reviews on this unit, one reviewer (though I can't remember where I read it) spoke of knowing owners of AMD notebooks who had some thermal thingamajig replaced with a better/stronger one. It was an act which prevented any further heating woes. Does anyone know of what he was speaking of? and of how much something of this nature is likely to cost (ballpark, of course). __________________ Blessings, Nathan

01-09-2006, 01:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
NLAlston Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 51	Thanks much. I will look into that. __________________ Blessings, Nathan

01-09-2006, 01:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	get yourself a cooling pad for your laptop, it will blow more air into your laptop and keep it cooler __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

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01-09-2006, 12:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
LaptopExtreme VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 880	They might have just scraped the thermal grease off of the heatsink and spread some Artic Silver on it instead. If it was that (I dont think there's anything else), it was all in their head. Artic Silver will make a difference on desktop systems, but it'll do next to nothing at all on a notebook. You can try undervolting also with a program like RM Clock or Notebook Hardware Control (NHC).