Recent content by npt2404

A little update over a year later. The screen issue is really not the screen itself but the way HP designed all of the cables that give power, etc to the screen. It seems like it's all folded so many times and packed into the machine so tight. Worse so than other laptops. If it flickers, a few...

Due to issues with my other machine, this old laptop became my go-to personal computer! Temps are still good and the new battery is ok (although not lasting as long as the original one did). The screen is also not giving me any trouble. At some point I'll have to update my hardware fleet but not...

The new battery is as expected much better. Temps also improved! I had to "unclog" the Updates. Could not get the new ones to download until I manually stopped and restarted them. Now I'm pretty much caught up after several reboots. Idle temps are now in mid-40's! So I'm seeing some much needed...

To provide an update... after a nearly complete tear down I didn't find much dust. Cleaned up what I could and re-applied thermal paste. As much as I hate to say it, there is really no significant improvement in temps. A moment ago I was "idling" at about 60 degrees C. Then I restarted the...

I am looking to fix/improve a HP dv4 laptop that has these three issues: 1) relatively high CPU temps 2) battery that does not charge 3) flickering screen The first issue is from both feel and HWMonitor data. For example, in last hour CPU temps went up to as high as 82C. Usually are between...

Wow, impressive difference in CPU temps after the clean up and application of fresh thermal paste. (That heatsink was nasty.) It's about 6-10 decrees C lower and, as expected, fan RPM's are lower also. Don't think there will be a significant performance improvement going forward given that I...

Would like to upgrade, if possible, my Asus laptop mostly to speed up applications used for Web browsing, MS Office work, video streaming. No gaming, Adobe Creative Suite photo editing, etc. Any upgrades such as CPU or GPU available or is this one of those situations where not much can be done...