Hi everyone,
Apologies upfront for the newbie description of my issue.
I have a Dell m4700 laptop, and its been working great. Windows 7 64, i7-3840QM @ 2.80GHz 16gb RAM. A more than capable machine. The issue I've been recently having is that I am getting CPU temp increases in bursts with accompanying fan bursts to cool it down. Which would be understandable if I was doing CPU-intensive work. I'm used to CPU temp raises and fans running on full blast on intensive programs. However, I'm getting these temp raises based on non intensive actions i'm taking, like opening a new website in a new tab.
I have Open Hardware Monitor open now. Having my brower open and nothing else, I'm at 46C... and I have 7 other tabs opened and pinned. Everything fine. But I just opened up ESPN.com in a new 8th tab, and the temp shot up to 67C, and then came back down to 46C. Occasionally it'll shoot up even higher - into the 80s, and of course the fan blasts and cools everything down, and then it levels off. I just don't think the actions I'm taking warrent such high CPU temps. I was even playing an internet game last night for a few hours - nothing too intensive - and the fan eventually had to constantly stay on and the temp averaged about 65C. That seems too high to be an average temp just having a browswer open and playing a game.
I've run many antiviruses, including ComboFix, and i get nothing.
I ran dell pre-boot diagnostics today. Everything passes. The highest the CPU temp got in diagnostics is 77c
I did notice, however, that one of my hard drives - the one my OS is on and the one i boot from, a 600GB non ssd hard drive - takes forever to go through diagnostics. Like, two hours long. It passes, but it just takes unnaturally forever. Everything else passes quickly, the SSD drive passes quickly, but this hard drive just takes forever to pass. Its still going WELL beyond the deep memory tests are done.
Based on this info, where do you think the issue lays? Could the hard drive my os is on be failing? Could that be the reason for the CPU increases? Do I have too many tabs open?
Thanks for any help or insight you can give!
Apologies upfront for the newbie description of my issue.
I have a Dell m4700 laptop, and its been working great. Windows 7 64, i7-3840QM @ 2.80GHz 16gb RAM. A more than capable machine. The issue I've been recently having is that I am getting CPU temp increases in bursts with accompanying fan bursts to cool it down. Which would be understandable if I was doing CPU-intensive work. I'm used to CPU temp raises and fans running on full blast on intensive programs. However, I'm getting these temp raises based on non intensive actions i'm taking, like opening a new website in a new tab.
I have Open Hardware Monitor open now. Having my brower open and nothing else, I'm at 46C... and I have 7 other tabs opened and pinned. Everything fine. But I just opened up ESPN.com in a new 8th tab, and the temp shot up to 67C, and then came back down to 46C. Occasionally it'll shoot up even higher - into the 80s, and of course the fan blasts and cools everything down, and then it levels off. I just don't think the actions I'm taking warrent such high CPU temps. I was even playing an internet game last night for a few hours - nothing too intensive - and the fan eventually had to constantly stay on and the temp averaged about 65C. That seems too high to be an average temp just having a browswer open and playing a game.
I've run many antiviruses, including ComboFix, and i get nothing.
I ran dell pre-boot diagnostics today. Everything passes. The highest the CPU temp got in diagnostics is 77c
I did notice, however, that one of my hard drives - the one my OS is on and the one i boot from, a 600GB non ssd hard drive - takes forever to go through diagnostics. Like, two hours long. It passes, but it just takes unnaturally forever. Everything else passes quickly, the SSD drive passes quickly, but this hard drive just takes forever to pass. Its still going WELL beyond the deep memory tests are done.
Based on this info, where do you think the issue lays? Could the hard drive my os is on be failing? Could that be the reason for the CPU increases? Do I have too many tabs open?
Thanks for any help or insight you can give!