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Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:51:15 GMT

I bought a VGN-FZ21S VAIO laptop in January this year. Since then, the machine gets heated up too much most of the time. I mostly use the machine for all day. But, I think that is not a problem as I have friends who even do not shut down their laptops for the whole week. Their machines are not this way. So, will there please be someone who can suggest sth to me? Thank you in advance.

Re: Heated up VAIO

Thalamus. — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:32:31 GMT

Hi Meredith,

welcome to Club VAIO..

what is the normal running temperature of your vaio..?

If you're unsure PCWizard is a handy application to check your Vaio’s temperature. To download use the following link: PC Wizard

Re: Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:12:10 GMT

Hello Thalamus,
Thank you so much for your instant reply and I will come back after I have tried PC Wizard.
Meredith

Re: Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:10:40 GMT

Hello Thalamus,

The results after PC Wizard are as follow:

Hardware Monitoring :
Voltage CPU :1.36 V
ACPI Thermal Zone :59 °C
:
Processor :Thermal Diode
Processor Temperature (Core 1) :59 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) :59 °C
:
Video Monitoring :nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature :73 °C
:
Hard Disk Monitoring :S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk FUJITSU MHY2200BH :44 °C

I hope one of these is what you mean by the normal running temperature of the vaio.

Meredith.

Re: Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:30:20 GMT

Oops, new results.

Hardware Monitoring :
Voltage CPU :1.36 V
ACPI Thermal Zone :77 °C
:
Processor :Thermal Diode
Processor Temperature (Core 1) :75 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) :75 °C
:
Video Monitoring :nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature :87 °C
:
Hard Disk Monitoring :S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk FUJITSU MHY2200BH :45 °C

Meredith.

Re: Heated up VAIO

Thalamus. — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:21:30 GMT

Hi Meredith,

what applications did you have running on your Vaio when you took the two temperature readings.?

I'm wondering what, in 20 mins, caused the jump from 59 °C to 75 °C.?

Re: Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:24:50 GMT

Hello Thalamus,

As far as I remember, I was downloading an ebook and had a couple of brower windows and a couple of ebooks open. I again looked at the results at about 12:00 noon and the temperature was 81 degree celsius and, I ran the disk defragmenter around that time too. When I checked again at the disk defragmenter, the last run was also around 12 O' clock. I am not sure I run that defragmenter since I took the first two measurements which is posted here for you.

Cheers!

Re: Heated up VAIO

luisarn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:09:52 GMT

Hi, I might be able to help you guys out.

Here is my FZ11Z temperature in idle, 15 minutes after playing 2 hours of Battlefield 2:

Hardware Monitoring :
Voltage CPU :1.35 V
ACPI Thermal Zone :57 °C
:
Processor :Thermal Diode
Processor Temperature (Core 1) :60 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) :56 °C
:
Video Monitoring :nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature :62 °C
:
Hard Disk Monitoring :S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk TOSHIBA MK2035GSS :44 °C

IMHO the disk defragmenter consumes a lot of CPU cycles, so I think the 2nd readings are normal because you're pushing your computer.

Btw, do you usually work on a dusty place?

Regards,
Luis

Re: Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:36:17 GMT

Hello Luis,

Do you mean these temperatures are normal? The temperature rose because of disk defragmentation and the lower one is also normal. Do you mean that way?
And are temperature and dust related? If so, what can I do about it even though I do not necessarily use the computer on a dusty place?

Meredith.

Re: Heated up VAIO

luisarn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:36:06 GMT

Hi Meredith,

Do you mean these temperatures are normal?

Yes.

The temperature rose because of disk defragmentation and the lower one is also normal. Do you mean that way?

Yes, in any case I'll try to do a disk defrag today or tomorrow and will post the result here for comparison.

And are temperature and dust related? If so, what can I do about it even though I do not necessarily use the computer on a dusty place?

Yes, excess dust could rise the temperature because it will block the air flow of the heat sink.
Honestly, there's no way to remove the dust by yourself without voiding the warranty because you have to open your VAIO. Contact VAIO-Link they might be able to help.

Our friends from notebookreview have a tutorial about how to diassemble the FZ: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2883271#post2883271

I forgot to ask you something very important. The ambient temperature also affects the temperature of your notebook. If you're in a warm place, your notebook will just work warmer.

My current room temperature is around 20ºC and I did another test now:

Hardware Monitoring :
Voltage CPU :1.35 V
ACPI Thermal Zone :57 °C
:
Processor :Thermal Diode
Processor Temperature (Core 1) :52 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) :51 °C
:
Video Monitoring :nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature :60 °C
:
Hard Disk Monitoring :S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk TOSHIBA MK2035GSS :36 °C

Anyway, right now I think you don't have to do that because your FZ temperature seems to be just a little bit higher than mine unless you're working in a really cold place and I just have my FZ cleaned a few days ago.

Best regards,
Luis Neng

Re: Heated up VAIO

MeredithJohnson — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:46:59 GMT

Hello Luis,

I think I will just let it be for now if these are normal and try cleaning it after I have conjured up enough bravery or I will contact the VAIO-Link later if the temperature rose too much.

Thanks a million!
Meredith

Re: Heated up VAIO

clyarwo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:49:48 GMT

I think that my FZ21Z has a very bad overheating problem:

This is the result from just idling with IE open and PC Wizard running:

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Hardware Monitoring :
Voltage CPU :1.34 V
ACPI Thermal Zone :73 °C
:
Processor :Thermal Diode
Processor Temperature (Core 1) :77 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) :77 °C
:
Video Monitoring :nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature :80 °C
:
Hard Disk Monitoring :S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk FUJITSU MHX2300BT :38 °C
======================================

This is what it jumped to after 5 minutes playing Sins:

======================================
Hardware Monitoring :
Voltage CPU :1.34 V
ACPI Thermal Zone :92 °C
:
Processor :Thermal Diode
Processor Temperature (Core 1) :94 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) :94 °C
:
Video Monitoring :nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature :95 °C
:
Hard Disk Monitoring :S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk FUJITSU MHX2300BT :39 °C
======================================

The front left underside of the laptop is too hot to even touch for more than a few seconds. Surely this can't be right? I contacted Vaio Link and was put off sending it in as they said I would probably be charged for wasting their time as the laptop does not crash or anything!

So am I mad or is my laptop about to melt-down?

Re: Heated up VAIO

buco55 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:22:59 GMT

I had a simular problem with my fz21e overheating. What I did is go and get a can of compressed air and just spray the whole computer (especially where the cooling vents and fan are). After this the VAIO is running much colder - actually even at the highest loads it cannot reach the temperature that was "normal" before.

In case the compressed air does not do the trick, a reinstall in most cases will (together with cleaning the computer with the compressed air).