Re: changing the settings of temp control on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100?
- From: "Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:41:27 -0700
"Werner R Schilling" <lobo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Recently I already mentioned in this NG the problems with an
> overheating HDD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100.
>
> Now I made an interesting observation:
> On *very rare* occasions the booting process stops somewhere in the
> middle and the ventilator starts running fast. When I then reboot the
> computer works fine. But in those rare cases the ventilator kicks in
> again at the reboot when the machine is still cold and it keeps
> running fast. It's much noisier then as normal, but the temperature of
> the CPU and the HDD stays almost 10° Centigrade cooler than at other
> times. - The operation of the vent seems to be controlled by the temp
> of the CPU. It kicks in on low speed at 60° Celsius and accelerates to
> higher speed above 70°. On the way down the vent stops running at 59°.
>
> When the vent kept running from the start some days ago, I checked
> this behavior more thorough. I found that also under heavy load (virus
> scan) the temp of CPU and HDD stayed about lower 10° compared to
> normal conditions. Only if the temp of the CPU briefly goes over 70°
> the computer seems to "remember" its original settings and the
> behavior of the vent returns to normal. Below 70° it slows down and at
> 59° it stops.
>
> That brought me to the idea if the default settings of the temperature
> control could be changed. Lowering the settings by 5° may already
> extend the life of my HDD, lowering by it 10° for heavy work like
> virus scans or backups may prevent it even better from dying
> premature. In my standard power profile in the Toshiba Power Saver
> (when I run the comp on AC - and that is most of the time) the setting
> for the cooling method is "Maximum Performance". The other options
> available are "Performance" and "Battery Optimized". So I can't do
> anything there. For the presence of the Toshiba Power Saver the Power
> Settings within WinXP are not available on my machine. Is there any
> other way to change the settings?
>
> (Oh, before someone comes up with "cleaning the vent": about six
> months ago the motherboard and the HDD were replaced at a Toshiba
> dealer. I assume that they did not reassemble the machine without
> cleaning it ... )
>
> Werner
>
Make no assumptions. The heat pipe heat exchanger on many laptops are
the primary filter for everything in the environment. Six months of air
flow can be disastrous, depending on the physical design of the air
inlet system and how many cats you have. In any event of cooling
issues, the only solution is to open the case, check the air flow path,
operation of the fan, bonding of the heat sink to the cpu, etc.
Q
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