How hot to laptops get??

[wjgollatz]

I've been reading that the newer DTR laptops get hot, which I thought would be reasonable. But hot enough for notebook cooling pads? (ABS is offering them as accessories for their notebooks)

Just how hot do these DTR's get? I didn't think it would be an issue - but it just might become one.

 

[ManyBeers]

I have a Sony Vaio PCGFXA47 about 2 years old and it never has gotten hot. I have Speedfan on it which measures cpu temperature and temps' are always under 80 degrees. AMD athlon 4 1.0ghz.

 

[ChuaChua]

Hot enough to make people stop calling them laptops. Try putting one of those on your laps, hehe.
Call 'em "notebooks"

 

[Abhi]

Using a Pentium 4 M Widescreen laptop...

It does get hot, but not hot enough for a cooling pad...

 

[jai6638]

have a toshiba satellite 5205-s703 . p4-m 2 ghz with 1 gb ram.... average cpu idling temps are in the 50's ( Celcius )

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: wjgollatz
Just how hot do these DTR's get? I didn't think it would be an issue - but it just might become one.

Personally run a 3.4GHz DTR. The general operating temperature at idle begins at approximately 45°C. Under idle, and non-processor intensive applications (browser, productivity, etc), the temperature oscillates between 45-55°C. Under heavy processor load (prime95, PassMark, etc), the temperature plateaus at 56-57°C. Temperature profile available here, as shown via MobileMeter.

Also have a custom application that can adjust the main fan over the heatsink to "full speed" when utilizing processor intensive applications, if needbe.

 

[cheesehead]

My laptop is somewhere between "Sauna" and "the inferno". P4 (non-M's) are by far the hottest-running processor, with the Pentium M being the coolest. The A64-M is also easy on the appendages, but the non-mobile version can be a nuisance, unless you're worried about frostbite.

 

[ChuaChua]

Athlon64 for the m6809 gets pretty warm (not terribly hot) too.
Its warm enough to be uncomfortable.

 

[AssyrianKing]

i repair heaps of the asus notebooks and temps are normal around 40-60 on idle and 70-80 on full load even for pentiums, thats hot! but its normal, just imagine if they didnt have the copper heatsinks and copper pipes to cool them they wont last a day!