GRZ615M OVERHEATING

[pamcom]

Hi. Laptop keeps shutting down, noticed the underside gets very hot even though it is raised to improve air flow.
Utility 'Speedfan' shows HD0 temp 55 c and ACP1 temp 83 c and indicates these are way too high!

Any suggestions?
Thanks
Pamcom

[Woodenhorse]

Is the Vent Fan working?
Check temps using another program like Everest as Speedfan sometimes can Exagerate the Temps, Once on mine was showing a temp of 116c.
Are you checking temps when its idle?
If you are getting the same temps theres possibly a hardware fault, as 86 is very high.
HDD temp isn't realy that bad still high though

[kee-lo_]

Could also use some compressed air too.
These things get full of dust

[seb21__]

Awwwwwwe, that is too much. 55 degrees should be the limit of your HDD. Approx 72 degrees should be the maximum of your CPU. More than 90 degrees and your CPU is dead.

[Jay1]

something wrong, do the fans work ? if yes then do above. it might help to boot it up in safe mode while testing this. to limit heat .

[kee-lo_]

Seb yeah and no, don't really want to overdo it, specially if you want to keep it > 3years

[Woodenhorse]

Correct me if I am wrong isnt the ASPI a storage device/ CD Drive
or a host adaptor?

[GattoMatto]

I had the same problem and tried to clean the fun with compressed air but finaly I have to gave up and decide to send my VAIO with to repare even if it's not on waranty any more

[kee-lo_]

ASPI is a layer for reading and writing data off optical drives

[seb21__]

I know from my PC that at 72 degrees, the system starts to reduce the CPU usage. That is the critical point of the CPU. At 90 degrees the BIOS would shotdown the system to prevent the CPU for a damage.

A HDD should never work with more than 50 degrees. Unless this disk was contructed for this temperature. Normally, you can reach this temperature only with heavy usage. Like a defragmentation, for example.