Nabeel Ansari Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 This is before and after I blew into the CPU vent. Before is also with power saver battery options on, after is with High Performance on. Makes sense, I guess, EXCEPT FOR THE EFFIN TEMPERATURES? Did blowing into the vent really make 30 degrees difference even when I turned on High Performance battery settings on afterwards? Laptop processor, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Well I had this whole thing typed out saying why running 1ghz higher on both cores will lead to a 30C increase in temp, but I just noticed it's a 30C decrease. I would say you probably had a brick of dust in your fan preventing it from spinning efficiently or even at all. My friend dropped his temps like 40C in his desktop by dusting his case out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Looks like you did yourself a favor Neblix. It's one of your best friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 So the main problem was just my fan? That's still weird considering the before was at half the clock rate and 30 Celsius up... isn't it? I could just be dumb. Looks like you did yourself a favor Neblix. It's one of your best friends Those are nothing compared to my own lungs. >.> <.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jago Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Judging by how Intel processors work, I'm assuming Athlons do the same thing. When the CPU is overheating, it will reduce its CPU speed to compensate, which makes perfect sense from the screenshots you provided. So even at a lower clock speed, it was getting high temperatures. Once you cleared out the vents, airflow increased, lowering the temperature, and the CPU was able to work at a higher speed. Rule of thumb, especially for laptops: always make sure those vents are free of dust and debris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 yeah, his processor has speedstep, so it likely stepped down when his fan wasn't running. buy a can of air and blow that shitter out. otherwise, mail it to me, and i'll replace the fan with something we have at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 yeah, his processor has speedstep, so it likely stepped down when his fan wasn't running.buy a can of air and blow that shitter out. otherwise, mail it to me, and i'll replace the fan with something we have at work. Don't think that'll be necessary; I have some compressed air thing lying around somewhere. I'll also be building a new computer when summer hits (if I maintain my GPA) and since the fan will be more accessible then, (that'll be a desktop I build myself, I'm currently on a Compaq 515 laptop) there's no need to shell out money for some upgrades to this thing. Thanks for the offer, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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