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yarian · 01-01-2007, 07:33 PM

I bought an HP Pavilion dv4000 notebook about a year ago. It worked well up to the first 6 months or so. Then I started ocassionally getting the blue screen of death saying "dumping physical memory" and sometimes just shutting down randomly.

But about a week ago it started doing it every day. I have to have a fan pointing directly at the left side of the laptop which i have raised, at full speed on so that it wont shut down.

This tends to happen most when I am converting a video or playing a game, or when the CPU usage is at 100%.

I've read several topics here that show the same symptoms and you guys concluded that it was overheating problem every time so I download PC Wizard 2006 and checked the temperature after 15 minutes of converting a video.

The processor was at 57 degrees and the hard drive got up to 39 before I turned on my household fan so it wouldn't shut down.

My question is, what are the best solutions to overheating of a laptop?

I've seen the cooling pads but I was wondering about how portable those are?
Also, are there any alternatives to cooling pads?

01-01-2007, 07:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
yarian Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 30 OS: XP	Overheating problem I bought an HP Pavilion dv4000 notebook about a year ago. It worked well up to the first 6 months or so. Then I started ocassionally getting the blue screen of death saying "dumping physical memory" and sometimes just shutting down randomly. But about a week ago it started doing it every day. I have to have a fan pointing directly at the left side of the laptop which i have raised, at full speed on so that it wont shut down. This tends to happen most when I am converting a video or playing a game, or when the CPU usage is at 100%. I've read several topics here that show the same symptoms and you guys concluded that it was overheating problem every time so I download PC Wizard 2006 and checked the temperature after 15 minutes of converting a video. The processor was at 57 degrees and the hard drive got up to 39 before I turned on my household fan so it wouldn't shut down. My question is, what are the best solutions to overheating of a laptop? I've seen the cooling pads but I was wondering about how portable those are? Also, are there any alternatives to cooling pads?