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Socket A Notebook - cooling issues / Vaio PCG-FX501

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First post, by matze79

Posted on 2019-06-25, 14:44

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Hi,

i have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX501 spotting a Duron 1Ghz, 512Mb RAM and a 32Gb Transcend PATA SSD.
I run Windows XP on it.

But i can`t get it run stable when i run 3D Mark CPU temperature quickly runs over 65C° and it reboots.
i already cleaned the cooling unit and added new cooling paste..
but still no success, fan runs perfectly.

Any advices ?

Thanks

Matthias!

Reply 1 of 3, by swaaye

Posted on 2019-06-25, 17:47

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Is there a heatpipe? Those can fail. They can leak and the fluid is lost. Then the heatsink becomes quite ineffective.

Reply 2 of 3, by matze79

Posted on 2019-07-01, 12:18

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No only simply alublock with blower.

i already replaced cooling paste and for sure it is sitting tight. Also replaced the fan. no sucess..
it seems its a design mistake.. a ghz you can`t use... except for less den 20 C° room temperature.

if i install a proper socket a cooler with the mainboard on my desk it works..
but it will not fit inside the notebook :>

Reply 3 of 3, by Nvm1

Posted on 2019-07-01, 14:04

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Might be that the voltage regulation on the motherboard is broken and your cpu runs overvolted.
Happened in the past more often on laptop motherboards causing them to cook the cpu.

Most annoying if you had a soldered cpu, then you needed to replace the whole board.

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