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Toshiba satellite pro p100 overheating

Sep 9th, 2009

Hi all, I hope you are well. My notebook appears to be overheating:
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro p100 PSPAE which has two intel Centrino Duo processors - T7200. I am using Real temp 3.0 to display my temperature readings, and at idle (with only Firefox open) I am getting readings of 65 C, but if I play F.E.A.R. , which is quite a graphically intensive game, I get readings around 90C, at which point I have to stop playing as the notebook will shut itself down once it reaches 100 C (it has shut itself down abruptly a few times), which I believe is the TJunction for this type of processor? The fans do make some noise, but I do not feel much air being pumped out of the vents. I have had this notebook for 2 years now, and only recently run into this problem. I believe it might have something to do with a new BIOS update I got from Toshiba's website, as, since then, the fans have been quieter. What would your advice be ? Would a laptop cooling pad be a good idea ? Or is this going to require something more extreme ? P.S. I have not overclocked this machine and am using XP. Thank you for your time and sorry for the lengthy post, just trying to give as much information as possible.

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Heya, i'm experiencing the same problem. My laptop is about 3 years old now, and its just started in the last few days to hang, or shut down, and I think its due to overheating. But now its got to a point where I can't switch it off because the keyboard and off buttons have seized.

I haven't overclocked it. I dont know how hot its running at but its always run scorchingly hot.

Any news.... let me know.

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I have had this as well, I used drivers from laptopvideo2go.com to replace the toshiba drivers, some drivers cause lower temperatures then others.
Also some create HIGHER temperatures and you should not go over the maximum of 100 degrees CELCIUS.

I use version 185.85 myself (Windows 7 with nvidia geforce go 7600 256mb ram)

The highest temp reading I get is 70 degrees Celcius and it clocks down to protect itself, it isn't the best driver out there but with a cooling pad you can play even the heaviest games on your laptop.