hp pavillion dv6000 heat problem

DaNe · Apprentice Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 192

since i installed gentoo my laptop is temperature as raise a lot what could it be?

i burn my fingers after a short time touching the synaptics

ps: in windows that doesnt happen

i think its using too much the hdd....

how can i identify the problem?

Deem3n · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 20

A small tool called hddtemp can be used to obtain the hard disk's temperature.
Also, this guide can help you.

DaNe · Apprentice Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 192

i already read that, but i changed to "gnome-power-manager" since does all that and its easy to use...

this laptop will be for a windows user so i tried keep the things simple

is there anyway to track the disk usage to see if is abnormal , no a gkrellm or something... i want something that i cant keep the graphs to analyse it...

i leaved the laptop on the desk doing nothing one hour
and when i come back i was burning...

so now i have certain that something is wrong

manytimes he was burning but when i was emerging not when i was watching flees...

SiberianSniper · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

I have a dv6000 as well and the only time it seems to get hot is when I close the lid for a while. When I leave it open it's fine. I'm not so sure that it's OS-related, but I wouldn't rule anything out yet.

Veldrin · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:57 am Post subject:

for the hdd itself, I can recommend smartmontools, this also checks the hdd for any other problems.
hddtemp sa already mentioned (can also be use in conjunction with gkrellm --> see below)
Activate hwmon (and every seonsor available) in kernel, and read the values with some monitor - gkrellm (standalone gtk panel) or kima (kde panel applet)

As for worrying about temperatures: hdd should not go above 52C (at least this is what my notebook tells me) - 40C is normal - , and for the CPU i would start worrying above 70C - 40C-50C is normal (depending on the model).
[desktop cpus (esp. later pentium4) can go a high a 90C with normal usage.]

cheers
V

DaNe · Apprentice Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 192

now im having a problem with the headers

and i cant see the temp of hdd

the cpu is normal...
but the gpu from my graphical card is at 66/67ºc