HP - Pavilion dv9000z

Hot dv9000

By: Anonymous November 17, 2007

Review:

I just upgraded my laptop from a 2002 800Mhz 256MB Compaq Evo600C to a 17" HP dv9623cl from Costco. I did this because when I demo my web services, if the internet isn't available I have to run IIS, SQL Server on the laptop itself. Needless to say that the old one was just a little slow these days.

After setting up the 1.8 Ghz, 2GB dv9000, I discovered that it was only marginally faster. I guess, as I have always known, that disk drive speed is REALLY important and we are still using 5400 rpm disks just like we did in 2002.

As a reliability engineer from the computer industry, I can say that reliability halves with each 50 deg C rise in temperature. I always SpeedFan on my systems and keep an eye on the temperature.  This is a really hot laptop. It runs 50C when doing little and up to 70C when working hard.

I checked with HP and they weren't concerned. They say "it is set to shutdown at 80C." I suspect that most modern laptops run hotter then I would like, they are now really very powerful systems stuffed into a small space.

Anyway it works good, runs great so I am keeping it.