HP DV4 1225dx Major Overheating

This is the 5th HP DV4 1225dx laptop that I've owned in the last 2 years. Every time I try to get HP to give me a new one, they tell me this kind of behavior is "typical" and if I press the problem, I get another paper weight in the mail.

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Science & Technology

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• HP
• Laptop
• 1225dx
• dv4
• overheating

[neoaikon]

@jkpieka LOL U MAD BRO?!?

[curemymind]

I got this laptop and it does have a horrible heat problem.. But the easy fix is to open it up (wich is the hard part). Remove that thermal pad from the GPU and the thermal paste from the GPU... Put a copper shimmy on the GPU with arctic silver on both sides of the copper shimmy alos on the CPU. The heat sink for some reason doesn't have copper where the GPU is at. And that is one reasy the high heat. and the bad termal pads are horrible for heat transfur.

[neoaikon]

@curemymind, did you even watch the video? In the video I mention that I have just replaced the heatsink/cpu fan and replaced the thermal compound with Arctic Silver.

[jkpieka]

@neoaikon DICK! 

[1incandescent]

Absolutely. Never been more frustrated by a tech product in my entire life. Total piece of garbage. I just bought a new Lenovo, and even if someone had told me they could fix my HP for 2 dollars i still would have popped for a new laptop. Never again will i buy an HP. I don't even like looking at them. ARGHH!!!!

[HandleWitCare10]

Worst purchase of my life!!!!! My brother has the same laptop and his wont even turn on due to overheating. I have sent mine back 3 times and HP continues to tell me that there is nothing wrong with this product. Both of our batteries were useless with in 3 months of purchase. I must have it on the charger all the time, And the mouse dose what it wants when it wants. Not to mention it sounds like I work at a airport when my computer is on. Just to use it I have to have a fan on it at all times.

[curemymind]

@neoaikon And i mean Take the thermal pad off of the GPU (not saying the CPU) and put a copper shimmy... 1st off the thermal pad for the GPU does not do crap. If you only fix up the CPU without fixing the GPU the heat problem will not go away... But any who, idk if you still have this laptop and as you mention you wont get anything from HP so i guess my comments are relevant.. So i guess I hope you get something that is more to your needs. Nothing is 100 percent..

[curemymind]

@neoaikon And after fixing the GPU with the copper shimmy I did not get the heat problem :| go figure not only the CPU but also the GPU has to be fixed up... This makes HP look really bad which could of been easily fixed by providing a copper heat sink, not only for the CPU but the GPU as well...But HP failed to do this for this model and others....

[curemymind]

@neoaikon Did you put the copper shimmy on the gpu and replace the thermal pad on the gpu? without that coppery shimmy on the gpu just putting arctic silver 5 on the CPU will still cause the heat... The heat sink is poorly made b/c aluminum is cheaper then copper, so the GPU doesn't get it and its the reason of the high heat... Did you even read when i talked about GPU? but other then that your are right HP should have never done this...

[curemymind]

@neoaikon Yes I did see that, and i am confirming your findings and the fix for it...