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    No GPU temp?!

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by aan310, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    HW moniter does not report a GPU temp for my laptop (in sig)


    is this for everyone?
     
    aan310, Mar 11, 2009
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    just get gpu-z
     
    plattnnum, Mar 11, 2009
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    RivaTuner is the best GPU temp monitoring program to date.

    HWmonitor is a good one too, very basic, no install needed.
     
    Gophn, Mar 11, 2009
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    yea... i want to use HW moniter, xD


    GPUZ did/does work, fyi
     
    aan310, Mar 11, 2009
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    switching to the nvidia notebook drivers fixed it...


    and darn 71c idle!
     
    aan310, Mar 11, 2009
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    Which drivers were you using before?
     
    grbac, Mar 12, 2009
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    the ones from the disc, i did not load up the new drivers before that xD

    Also, i did get a display driver not responding yesterday...
    My temp was about 78c and i have the laptop propped up.... any suggestions? (and yes, i have SP1 and every update)
     
    aan310, Mar 12, 2009
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    Azone Notebook Evangelist

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    78 degrees is definitely a problem. How hard is your fan running and what is your CPU temperature?
     
    Azone, Mar 12, 2009
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    umm, around 40 idle and 48ish on load

    i'm assuming that is bad xD

    and not very fast..


    And the fan is at a higher setting than load, but does not sound very fast :/
    Also, i can't find any new bios's or anything either :(

    Can some one give me a link to the drivers/bios updates?
     
    aan310, Mar 12, 2009
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    splashpants, Mar 13, 2009
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    ok cool.
    So, jsut make a bootable flashdrive with the HP utility, put the files from the exe, then run xxx.bat? or xxx.rom?

    What if i want to use a CD, same HP utility? (i've never actually made a bootable cd xD)
     
    aan310, Mar 13, 2009
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