My Pentium M 2.0 is idling at 58 C

[mitchafi]

I just installed notebook hardware control and was surprised to see how hot the cpu in my Asus Z70V is running...58 C idle and its clocked all the way down to 800 MHz! I know this is way too hot for a Pentium M chip...am I wrong? What can I do to reduce the temps short of reseating the heatsink with new thermal paste (I dont feel confident enough in my abilities to do that). I'm curious to know my GPU temperature as well, but it's not showing up in this program. The harddrive temp is 42 C, so no real problem there.

 

[fbrdphreak]

That is pretty hot. Is the Z70V a barebones model? Whoever assembled it may not have put thermal paste on there properly. I'd recommend picking some up and reapplying it yourself. SVC.com has Arctic Silver 5 for $5.99 shipped I believe. Follow the instructions on Arctic Silver's website on how to apply it properly, it can make all the difference.

 

[Shadowmage]

You could also try undervolting it to around 0.8v (from 1.1-ish v) with programs such as RM Clock

 

[mitchafi]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
That is pretty hot. Is the Z70V a barebones model? Whoever assembled it may not have put thermal paste on there properly. I'd recommend picking some up and reapplying it yourself. SVC.com has Arctic Silver 5 for $5.99 shipped I believe. Follow the instructions on Arctic Silver's website on how to apply it properly, it can make all the difference.

I bought it preconfigured from ISTNC.com..will applying arctic silver void my warranty? I'm also worried I might screw it up, since I have no experience working with laptops and even when I built my desktop PC I had someone else apply the thermal grease for me.

As far as undervolting, I don't neccesarily object to taking such a measure but to me that kind of seems like cheating...if the processor shouldn't be this hot at the voltage its running at, I want to know why that is and fix that underlying problem.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: mitchafi

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
That is pretty hot. Is the Z70V a barebones model? Whoever assembled it may not have put thermal paste on there properly. I'd recommend picking some up and reapplying it yourself. SVC.com has Arctic Silver 5 for $5.99 shipped I believe. Follow the instructions on Arctic Silver's website on how to apply it properly, it can make all the difference.

I bought it preconfigured from ISTNC.com..will applying arctic silver void my warranty? I'm also worried I might screw it up, since I have no experience working with laptops and even when I built my desktop PC I had someone else apply the thermal grease for me.

As far as undervolting, I don't neccesarily object to taking such a measure but to me that kind of seems like cheating...if the processor shouldn't be this hot at the voltage its running at, I want to know why that is and fix that underlying problem.

Call them and ask. Is it warranties through ISTNC or Asus? If its Asus, it might void the warranty but in all reality they won't know.
I'd bet its something wrong with the heatsink and it interfacing with the CPU.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: mitchafi

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
That is pretty hot. Is the Z70V a barebones model? Whoever assembled it may not have put thermal paste on there properly. I'd recommend picking some up and reapplying it yourself. SVC.com has Arctic Silver 5 for $5.99 shipped I believe. Follow the instructions on Arctic Silver's website on how to apply it properly, it can make all the difference.

I bought it preconfigured from ISTNC.com..will applying arctic silver void my warranty? I'm also worried I might screw it up, since I have no experience working with laptops and even when I built my desktop PC I had someone else apply the thermal grease for me.

As far as undervolting, I don't neccesarily object to taking such a measure but to me that kind of seems like cheating...if the processor shouldn't be this hot at the voltage its running at, I want to know why that is and fix that underlying problem.

Call them and ask. Is it warranties through ISTNC or Asus? If its Asus, it might void the warranty but in all reality they won't know.
I'd bet its something wrong with the heatsink and it interfacing with the CPU.

Actually, Asus could find out if you ever sent in the notebook for service. At least with their pre-assembled models, they have a sticker that will break when you remove the processor heat sink.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: mitchafi

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
That is pretty hot. Is the Z70V a barebones model? Whoever assembled it may not have put thermal paste on there properly. I'd recommend picking some up and reapplying it yourself. SVC.com has Arctic Silver 5 for $5.99 shipped I believe. Follow the instructions on Arctic Silver's website on how to apply it properly, it can make all the difference.

I bought it preconfigured from ISTNC.com..will applying arctic silver void my warranty? I'm also worried I might screw it up, since I have no experience working with laptops and even when I built my desktop PC I had someone else apply the thermal grease for me.

As far as undervolting, I don't neccesarily object to taking such a measure but to me that kind of seems like cheating...if the processor shouldn't be this hot at the voltage its running at, I want to know why that is and fix that underlying problem.

Call them and ask. Is it warranties through ISTNC or Asus? If its Asus, it might void the warranty but in all reality they won't know.
I'd bet its something wrong with the heatsink and it interfacing with the CPU.

Actually, Asus could find out if you ever sent in the notebook for service. At least with their pre-assembled models, they have a sticker that will break when you remove the processor heat sink.

Yeah if its a pre-built from Asus, that is the key

 

[mitchafi]

it's not an ensemble model, meaning it is built on asus components but assembled by the retailer (ISTNC).

 

[Philippine Mango]

W00t, your Pentium M should be idling at ambient temps, just keep that in mind next time.

 

[lazybum131]

I have a Z70Va with a 2.26GHz P-M (1.7 pinmodded) and on AC it's idling at 56C when clocked down to 800MHz and undervolted to 0.748V. I've applied Arctic Ceramique and it's making good contact.

I'm pretty sure that the temperature reported is higher than it is. The area above and beneath the CPU isn't hot, just warm on the underside. The CPU fan is also mostly off, only occasionally spinning up <1000rpm when doing light tasks. I took off the CPU cover and touched the heatpipe, is warm but no problems keeping my fingers on there.

I just used Speedfan to manually make my CPU fan spin full speed, temp dropped to 42C in like 30 seconds with the exhaust air now cool to the touch. The heatpipe is barely warm.

I think Asus calibrated the sensors high, I'd say the CPU with the fan maxed must be in the thirties and not fourties like it's reporting.

 

[mitchafi]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
W00t, your Pentium M should be idling at ambient temps, just keep that in mind next time.

uh...i read this sentence like three times and i just cant make any sense of it...what is next time in this situation?

edit: thanks bum, that makes me feel a lot more comfortable with the temps.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: mitchafi

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
W00t, your Pentium M should be idling at ambient temps, just keep that in mind next time.

uh...i read this sentence like three times and i just cant make any sense of it...what is next time in this situation?

edit: thanks bum, that makes me feel a lot more comfortable with the temps.

I meant that in the future (assuming you figured out the problem) that the P-M idles at around ambient temps.

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: mitchafi

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
W00t, your Pentium M should be idling at ambient temps, just keep that in mind next time.

uh...i read this sentence like three times and i just cant make any sense of it...what is next time in this situation?

edit: thanks bum, that makes me feel a lot more comfortable with the temps.

I meant that in the future (assuming you figured out the problem) that the P-M idles at around ambient temps.

Oh how I wish this were true! My Pent-M idled at about 7c over ambient clocked down (600mhz), now with a pinmod and new silver thermal paste, it idles 11c over ambient (800mhz). I'd like to see a Pent-M in person, that idles at ambient.