Computer Temperature (Not Game Related)

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Vallren

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This isn't game related but I am posting this all over trying to find a solution here.

My laptop is a Toshiba Qosmio x306-q701, it idles at about 71 degrees Celsius, and hits 90-100 degrees Celsius while running WoW or EQ. It is only 4 months old and this concerns me because the default temp for idle should not be THAT high.

I keep the bottom of the laptop propped up for air flow (I do not have a cooling pad). My question is this an internal fan failure issue? Or is simply a cooling pad enough to fix it? It is still under warranty, so I am looking for some suggestions.

Edit: Did some research and realized that it is only my GPU that is vastly overheating, causing me to believe the Thermal Paste is the problem. Any advice?
 
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Running wow or eq is not idling. Is it actually overheating and shutting down, or does it just get hot?

If its under warranty, the best solution is to call the manufacturer, find the normal temperature it should be operating at under load, and if you fall outside those parameters, excercise that warranty. Thats what its there for.

*Edit* If its overclocked in the bios, set it back to default. Higher voltages create a lot more heat, especially in a laptop.
 
Can you hear your fan running, or is it seemingly not spinning or spinning really slow?

I also have a Toshiba laptop, and started overheated about a month ago. I realized my fan wasn't working. Checked the manufacturer support website, and lo an behold, Toshiba had issued a bios update a month prior to my problem stating it was correcting a problem with some internal fans not operating correctly. Updated bios, and have not had any heat problems. (My laptop is about 6 months old)
 
Send it in for repairs, it's going to overheat and permanently damage your graphics chipset.
 
Where did I say EQ/WoW was idling?

It literally runs 60-70 celsius IDLE. I'm not joking. o.o

Yes, it is under warranty, and I plan to get it repaired if there is no other solution I can take.

AFAIK it isnt overclocked. If it was overclocked however, that would have been an obvious first step, or so I'd think. (Then again I'm sure some people ask a friend to overclock, in which case you have a point.)

Edit: Checked and there was a bios update, so I grabbed that. I also blew out the vents and fans a little. It is now idling at 60 Celsius instead of 70-80. It's an improvement for sure, but it still seems way to hot. The fans defiantly work (and I daresay they work better after the bios update).
 
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Where did I say EQ/WoW was idling?
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My laptop is a Toshiba Qosmio x306-q701, it idles at about 71 degrees Celsius, and hits 90-100 degrees Celsius while running WoW or EQ. It is only 4 months old and this concerns me because the default temp for idle should not be THAT high.
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No pun intended, but chill out. Your statement seemed to imply that you were referring to the 90-100 degrees Celsius. Many people here in the states don't use Celsius, and it's not readily apparent that 71 degrees Celsius is high for idling. Also, we don't know how much you know or don't. We've had people state one thing and then find out they were mistaken because they weren't clear. Don't get offended if, when we try to understand your question, we don't always read your question the way you wrote it.
 
And you assume I am an aggressive person :p

I am quite passive actually.

The bios update seriously helped this fan though.

Edit: Single boxing Averages 64C. Dual Boxing 65-70C

Overall a MUCH more reasonable number, however it is still a tiny bit too hot. Any other suggestions?
 
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Vallren said:
And you assume I am an aggressive person :p

I am quite passive actually.

The bios update seriously helped this fan though.

Edit: Single boxing Averages 64C. Dual Boxing 65-70C

Overall a MUCH more reasonable number, however it is still a tiny bit too hot. Any other suggestions?
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Probably search a forum where there are lots of other toshiba laptop owners. Chances are you're not the first to have this problem, and someone else has already posted a solution.
 
What caused you to research this in the first place?

As crazy as it sounds, very high temperatures like that are not always a sign of a problem. Some modern graphics cards routinely reach those temperatures and higher, and that is normal - and they are designed to do that.

For a CPU to run at those kinds of temperatures, it's not too good, but it's still not a sure sign of a problem in your case. Firstly, there are different places to take these temperatures. There is a surface temperature reading, and a reading from within the core itself. It's possible that whatever you are using to get the reading, is reading the central core temperature. That'll be hotter than the surface. Secondly, it's possible that the software and/or the sensor is not completely accurate. This is very common. The bios change you did could have improved the reading (made it more accurate), but it could still be not reading the correct temperature. When this is the case, it won't matter if you read the temperature straight from the BIOS, or from some software within your operating system, it will still be showing a wrong temperature. Lastly, CPU's can still run hot anyway. Even in a none-laptop, with lots of room for cooling, these modern CPU's can still get very hot. In a laptop with a smaller fan and a confined space, that would be higher, which is to be expected.

That laptop has a core2, duel core processor in it. These modern cores are designed to handle the heat themselves. Not only can they run hot and survive just fine, but if they do get too hot, they will automatically switch themselves in to a low performance mode, and the temperature will drop. So basically, if the CPU ever gets dangerously hot while playing a game, you'll know about it because your performance drop and the game will likely start chugging. If something went terribly wrong and the CPU still didn't cool down, it would just shut itself down. So they protect themselves very well.

In other words, unless you are experiencing some kind of problem with your laptop, I wouldn't worry about it. Every laptop I've ever used felt really hot on my lap, and one of the ones I own, I've been using regularly for almost 10 years now and it still hasn't died :) So if there is no problem I would just use it and enjoy it and not worry about it. If anything did happen and it died, it should still be under warranty anyway. But it's unlikely that that would happen without giving warning signs first.
 
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