topic Re: Heat Problem in PCs & Accessories

Heat Problem

scouse1 — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:59:16 GMT

I have just bought the VGN-S3HP and i may have to send it back, reason the right hand side underneath seems to get hot?

Does anyone know if this is this is normal.

Re: Heat

seb21__ — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 13:06:06 GMT

read >my < post in this thread.

Re: Heat

kee-lo_ — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 13:18:53 GMT

Another member of the forum reported the same thing.

Re: Heat Problem

ant1uk — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:06:48 GMT

hi there i have the same model as this and i am a bit worried about the amount of heat that comes from under the right side of the unit, i have contacted sony they recon its ok but im still a bit worried about it because i have never know a unit to get this hot,

Re: Heat Problem

seb21__ — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:16:32 GMT

Yeah, mee too. And Sony says only that's normal. But I say it's a faulty construction.:smileysad:

Re: Heat Problem

MikeL — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:17:59 GMT

hi there i have the same model as this and i am a bit worried about the amount of heat that comes from under the right side of the unit, i have contacted sony they recon its ok but im still a bit  worried about it because i have never know a unit to get  this hot,

I have the same Model, whilst it is very hot, its my understanding that many laptops run hot. We will just have to wait and see if we start having problems as a consequence.

Re: Heat Problem

ant1uk — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:32:06 GMT

i got mine two weeks ago, there has been more and more people complaining about the heat from the right side of the bottom. i dont use it on my lap no more because the first time i used it on my lap i got red marks on my legs from the heat, i brought a glass plate to sit on the floor, this is stupid i have had to do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Heat Problem

kee-lo_ — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:45:18 GMT

Yeah, mee too. And Sony says only that's normal. But I say it's a faulty construction.:smileysad:

I agree, it's not normal to me!

Re: Heat Problem

Eugenepang — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 02:18:26 GMT

how hot do they get to?... had anyone tested it with a thermometer?

Re: Heat Problem

Jay1 — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 03:24:36 GMT

this model must be a pentium 6 or something to get this hot. how is the heat under battery mode. they should not get tht hot that u get red marks. need to measure the temp. i am guessing that the temp for the CPU and HDD are normal????

Re: Heat Problem

seb21__ — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 07:14:34 GMT

LOL, 100 degrees are possible with a Pentium Centrino.

Re: Heat Problem

ant1uk — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:43:33 GMT

the running temp of the cpu is 57 degrees which is ok because the critical is 100 degrees, i used mobile-meter someone on here told me to use, is that acurate?

Re: Heat Problem

kee-lo_ — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:59:20 GMT

57 is good - it's standard

Re: Heat Problem

Jay1 — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:47:04 GMT

thts ok if it not the HDD then sony made another crap thermal system the laptop to me it looks like they are crap at designing the system for cooling for the laptop

Re: Heat Problem

kee-lo_ — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:55:28 GMT

The problem is Jay they don't think about how they do it so they make large holes and dust naturally gets into them, clogs it and then they wonder why people call VL

Re: Heat Problem

Eugenepang — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 01:30:39 GMT

i think they should come up with some kind of filter system...

Re: Heat Problem

Jay1 — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:24:37 GMT

for laptop only, the way i see it now is that they think more about looks then how the laptop works. to tell u the thruth how the laptop works is more important then looks

Re: Heat Problem

kee-lo_ — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:42:35 GMT

for laptop only, the way i see it now is that they think more about looks then how the laptop works. to tell u the thruth how the laptop works is more important then looks

Totally agree Jay,
looks silly if you're in a meeting with a stylish laptop, but it keeps BSODing!

Re: Heat Problem

Jay1 — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:46:55 GMT

LOL

lets say u where in a meeting and then someone turns on the Vaio. then someine says is the a bee in this room. where is that buzzing noise coming from. then they realize it is ur laptop lol

Lets say some drops the laptop as it is too hot on one side lol

lets say your cddvd drive stop working in the meeting lol

Now think what it would be like when u giv it to sony to repair.

any answers ??

Re: Heat Problem

Foxhound — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:41:09 GMT

I have the model prior to the S3HP, the S2XP. It does indeed get very hot on the right side if you use the CPU at full Speed for a long time. My solution for it was to but the CPU control to "adaptive". It can be done in the VAIO POWER MANAGEMENT VIEWER. This makes the cpu run at 600Mhz (In my case) when you are just using Explorer, Word and other applications not in need of heavy processing power. Since it is adaptive it will kick in high speed when needed automatically. Like for instance playing games, rendering video's. This will make the right side of the laptop not as hot.
As for the noise, it can't be helped the machine is just noisy.
It is kind of annoying in quiet area's.