Laptop gets very hot but only when charging?

ION08 · 29-04-2014 02:56PM #1

Hi Guys,

I have a Sony Vaio laptop which is serving me very well.

I use it at home only and keep it plugged it the majority of the time.

As of late the fan has started to sound like a jet engine and the blows out very hot air. I downloaded a temperature app (core temp?) and it runs around 68' when plugged in.

However, if I plug it out and run just on battery power, the temp drops to about 48' and the fan is whisper quiet!

I understand that charging the battery probably generates more heat but this only started happening as of late.

Any ideas??

Thanks

bonzodog2 · 29-04-2014 03:04PM

Worth doing a de-fluff, might need a bit of work to dismantle, don't think VAIOs are very maintenance-friendly like that

ION08 · 29-04-2014 03:08PM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Worth doing a de-fluff, might need a bit of work to dismantle, don't think VAIOs are very maintenance-friendly like that

Forgot to mention, I actually did that last week

Was surprised how clean it was considering it is nearly 3 yrs old at this stage.

(came apart easy enough too)

bmm · 30-04-2014 07:08PM

Have you tried messing around with power management settings. Vaio's have their own version . Somtimes a bios upgrade/downgrade helps.

ION08 · 30-04-2014 07:21PM

bmm wrote: »

Have you tried messing around with power management settings. Vaio's have their own version . Somtimes a bios upgrade/downgrade helps.

Hmm, no I havent. I'll check it out, cheers.

Laptop gets very hot but only when charging?

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