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Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

Mustang — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:29:27 GMT

Hi guys,

how warm / hot are your Vaios in general? I mean the aproximate temperature of the CPU / harddisk (HDD).

At the moment the temperature of my Vaio is about:
CPU: 41°C
HDD: 62°C

Applications, which are running at the moment:
- Internet Explorer / Mozilla
- Firewall
- MS Outlook

But, when I run Photoshop, manipulating and editing digital pictures, the CPU and HDD temperatures increase enormous.
CPU: 47°C
HDD: 72°C

And when I render my videos with an encoding software, the CPU and HDD temperatures increase much higher.
CPU: 86°C
HDD: 57°C

The rendering procedure will take in general about 2 - 3 hours.

Are those temperatures ok / normal? Or are those temperatures critical?

I will be pleased, if you gonna post your temperature (CPU, HDD) of your Vaios here.

I have the Sony VAIO PCG GRT816S since December 2003, and I already checked the fan. There's no dust.

BTW: Where can I find the search function of this forum? Any ideas?

bye, Mustang

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

faithx — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 02:36:13 GMT

Hi Mustang

Unfortunately, there is no search facility at present, looking at mid to late July

I do remember a similar question, have a look here: http://195.2.39.30/clubvaio/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=4875

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

tellingd — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 07:03:07 GMT

86 is on the high side but probably not unexpected if you are video editing - VERY CPU intensive. If this is the only time that the CPU temp reaches this high I would say that you don't have a problem.

Not sure about the HDD - perhaps someone else has some bench marks.

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

COMMANDO — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:19:21 GMT

Hi,

I have the GRT 815M, and i am very curious as to how you see the temperature... could you advise me, cus i can't find anywhere that tells me.

The overheating seems to be a "Non - Admitted" manufacturing fault......

When i bought my Vaio just a few months ago, i was very happy with it. Unfortunately, right now, the thing gets so hot, that it switches its self off. This can happen after just 10 minutes of gaming, or even if i try editing a video.

The fan makes so much noise that my girlfriend says that it sounds like a jet about to take off...... and can't sleep even if i have it in the next room.... hehe

I contacted sony and they say that it is not a regognised problem,,,, which is not funny cus google gives around 16,000 listings for this problem........

Apart from that, i bought it in Holland, and am now on a business trip in Canada. Sony say that they will not cover any repair work, because my guarantee is only valid in the country of purchase.... and that repair will cost me almost $ 400 canadian, and thats just if its only a case of the fan needing replacing.....

Isn't that great.

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

kee-lo_ — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:01:49 GMT

The first two sets of figures are fine, the last one concerns me.
Contact eSupport with your findings.

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

Mustang — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:37:21 GMT

Hi guys,

@faith
Thanks for the link. Will I lose my guarantee, if I open the laptop besides the memory stick (to clean the GPU fan, and CPU heatpipe + fan)???

@commando
My vaio did not switch off itself yet. I do not play often games on my vaio.
Last time, when I was gaming (about 30 minutes) the temperatures were 80°C CPU / 45°C HDD.

400 canadian $ *wow* Too much for a repair.

@tellingd

86 is on the high side but probably not unexpected if you are video editing - VERY CPU intensive. If this is the only time that the CPU temp reaches this high I would say that you don't have a problem.

The video rendering procedure takes approx. 2 -3 hours. HDD/CPU temps are constantly at 86/57°C. In this time, the vaio sounds like a jet . Are those temps critical for the motherboard and other hardware components? I want my vaio for a longer term.

@all
the tool (Mobilemeter), which displays the temperature of your HDD and CPU, can be downloaded at http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Oakland/8259/

This is a japanese website, but you can download it. It is just a zip-file and it is an english version.

Please, post your temps here!
Because, I need some values as reference.

cu, Mustang

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

kee-lo_ — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:18:33 GMT

Will I lose my guarantee, if I open the laptop besides the memory stick  (to clean the GPU fan, and CPU heatpipe + fan)???

Yes and no, depends if you do it so they don't notice.
If it's under warranty I would get Sony to look at it.

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

JoeB. — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:34:19 GMT

i have had the same problem with the heat... the cause was a big wooly-boogger between fan an heatpipe-ribbs. if you send your notebook in... they will blame you for it... if you don't, and something will overheat they will blame you for it.

sony is not what i rememeber it to be... and that is sad.

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

kee-lo_ — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:06:53 GMT

I think you mean "you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't"

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

JoeB. — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:25:16 GMT

oh yes... thats what i ment... must have been that last brew that screwed me up... hihi..

joe

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

kee-lo_ — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:30:43 GMT

Hehehe

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

Mustang — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:01:03 GMT

Hi guys,

I don't think that sony will take my vaio for reparing / cleaning dust.
Ok, if I'm gonna open the laptop (of course not the whole stuff), will they recognize / realize it?

 I think you mean "you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't"

Really nice. Now I love my Vaio more than ever Hate it 😞

I have the Vaio about 7 months and I placed it only on my clean desk. Outside of the book it seems to be clean. There's no dust. Now I'm curious how the fans inside look like.
Open it or not? What do you think?

cu, Mustang

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

JoeB. — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:28:12 GMT

hi dude...

i have a grt816m and i have removed my backpanel numerous times to clean my fans an heat pipe... if you are up to to it do the following.

1. remove backpanel... unscrew on left by the memstick port
2. remove center screw right above keyboard
3. remove sheet-metal on the right side
4. remove the fan mount with both fans and observe the dust in between, underneath and inside of fan-mount.

clean carefully

remount all steps

be carefull with the flatwire connections inside the backpanel... they break very easily...

Joe

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

Mustang — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:46:30 GMT

Hi Peter,

do I need some special screw driver? I mean for the screws inside.
It's gonna be my first time to open a laptop.

cu, Mustang

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

mangold — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 08:57:29 GMT

Servus Mustang.
I'm no expert, however opened my GRV516G several times for
dust cleaning. Avoid using force when removing the panel
on top of the keyboard. It has to be moved ca 5mm to the left before you can lift it.
Concerning the screws: have a close look at the screw left side by the memstick port and you see what kind of screwdriver you need.
Much success
Günter

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

JoeB. — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:07:55 GMT

hi mustang...

does your GRT816S feel like its running to slow for its speed or does the recognition of devices take to much time... i have compared my GRT816M to my GRT785B and for shure the GRT785B is faster and reacts much quicker to device than the GRT816M does...

Joe

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

Mustang — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:08:19 GMT

Hi guys,

@mangold
thanks for the advice. It seems to be the same solution as Joe's.

@Joe
I don't really know if its running slower than before. It just going to be too hot and the fans went louder.

Compared to your Vaios, why is the GRT785B faster than the GRT816M??? Are there some other significant components?

cu, Mustang

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

JoeB. — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:31:44 GMT

hi,

this is because of the shredded down bios. sony blocks or eliminates a lot of bios setup possibilities and functions which in turn causes the operating system to sort of stumble over diversions and delays when it comes to device configs and operation.

Joe

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

Mustang — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:13:13 GMT

Hi,

this is really peculiar that the GRT816M model is slower than the GRT785B.
Could it be that the software may react difference, because of lots dead DLLs?

cu, Mustang

Re: Sony GRT 816S Temperature (HDD-CPU)

JoeB. — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:20:33 GMT

Hi,

this is really peculiar that the GRT816M model is slower than the GRT785B. 
Could it be that the software may react difference, because of lots dead DLLs?

cu, Mustang

i have compared the maschines to each other with a brandnew and exact equivalent installation... it can't be the software or the OS...

Joe