CPU Reaching Extreme Temperatures

Hello,

In June of this year, I purchased an HP Pavilion g7-2269wm. I purchased this machine in order to begin PC gaming at a fair price; all of the specs are solid for gaming. However, while I'm using a cooling pad(Cooler Master X3) on a desk, it has a tendency to reach temperatures up to 210 degrees F. I'm really not sure what else I can to do to cool it down; I know this is going to kill the performance. While I had the notebook open to upgrade the memory from 6 to 8gigs, I noticed the surrounding metal already showed obvious signs of heat, which I would assume to be normal, but this notebook is only 4 months old. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

Those temperatures are quite high indeed, I haven't heard good things about HP Pavilion's cooling engineering unfortunately. If you are confident working on your system then the first port of call would be the change of thermal paste over the stock one, a really good set of paste like AS5 and IC Diamond should knock a couple of degrees off the CPU temperature.

Also ensure the CPU fans and vents are clear of any dust or debris (even if its just a few months old). Sometimes using Copper Shims can aid heat dissipation if applied correctly too.

 

98c is a bit toasty
it will start downclocking after 95c to protect the hardware and switch off at 105c

tell us the full spec, cpu/gpu/ram/hdd/ssd

even though only 4 months old have you checked the fans and vents for a dust build up. if you have a cat or dog it can easilly get clogged with pet hair as well (god knws how but it can).

my clevo can run at 98c when i push it to the max with benching which is still not good. yours might even need thermal paste replacing even though its new.

 

CPU: AMD A8 4500m 2.8GHz Quad core
GPU: AMD 7640g up to 4GB
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
HDD: HGST HTS 545050A7E389 SATA - 500GB

Would changing the thermal paste void the warranty?
I do occasionally find dog hair in front of the fan, but I always clean it; I usually just blow into it to get the dust out. There's a lot of dust and dog hair in my house, so I usually make sure to try and clean it out once a week.
I was also wondering how long the hardware would last if this trend keeps continuing. Are there any other forms of external cooling besides a cooling pad?

 

I would open a ticket with HP or your retailer; depending on how you bought it. This is a CYA move and allows you to ask if they are going to void your warranty if you re-paste. Hopefully you will have the options for a fast turn around if only recourse.

As others suggested, use caned air to force air and Fido pieces back thru heat pipe and out the fan. Don't over speed your fan doing this and unit turned off if your new to the game. I do this every 4 months or sooner, My black lab hairs can clog a freight train.

 

I will look into it. However, I think it might actually be too late. In Minecraft, the display went crazy. I'm not sure if this is a sign of the video card showing damage, or just an odd bug. This is the second time it's happened today, and it's never happened before today. Here are the screenshots: http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q533/Hotpancake1/2013-10-02_180033_zpsa1c94238.png http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q533/Hotpancake1/2013-10-02_175540_zps29262392.png http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q533/Hotpancake1/2013-10-02_180530_zpse17c9483.png

Seems very odd to me. Because I've never actually had a GPU that's failed on me, I'm not sure what it would look like. I heard one of the signs was odd things like this in games. Heat damage? Or am I just losing my mind?

 

them screenshots could be just the graphics driver. try another game and see if it does the same.
run core temps and gpuz in the background to get the temps during game and post them up here.
which ati driver have you got loaded.

 

The weird graphics error did not happen in other games. However, in other games, it's heating up to 95-103 degrees C with the cooling pad. It has the most recent driver. If I want to play games with peace of mind, should I just replace this with something that has more suitable cooling? Even when it's idle, it likes to hang around 70-80 degrees.

 

not hardware then if it doesnt happen in other games.

defo sounds like it needs new thermal paste on the cpu/gpu

as mentioned contact your supplier first to see if it would void the warranty.
bit crap if it does as how are you meant to put up with those temps on a new lappy.
thats why im so glad i stuck with clevo which are user upgradable without voiding warranty.

70-80c on idle is just stupid. 40-50c is where you need to be.

 

Seems like it settled down after I vacuumed the fan. I honestly thought blowing into it would mean it's clear lol. There's still dust in it, so I will use caned air when I get the chance to make sure it's all out. I really hope no permanent damage was done to the cpu/gpu. Thanks a lot for the help.