Dv9000 overheating. hello my name Tony. I was reading about a problem on the dv9000 that overheated. I have a dv9000that went dead 3 weeks before the one year warranty ended. Got it fixed and back online within 2 weeks. Four months later the "same exact problem happened". Obviously some support rep out of canada is telling me that I had 90 days to report that problem again. I come from a strong hardware IT background, and I can tell you that this machine overheated like a mother. I personaly thing the GPU died. Of course tech support won't replace the part with a new one, instead we get a rebuilt board with less than half the life expectancy. In any case I would like some advise if you would on how to handle this situation. I also read that you mentioned that hp had extended the warranties on this unit because of this problem. Can you elaborate on that, is there proof of that somewhere? I sincerely thank you for any insight you may offer me. By the way, my email address is [email protected] Thank you Tony

I’m trying to spread the word that there is a BIOS ACPI DSDT patch to increase the fan speed and prevent overheating of your HP DV9000 or DV6000 computer. I reflowed my NVIDIA BGA assembly and made this patch so now I’m not worried that my computer is going to overheat again. My GPU stays between 49C and 58C. If you want to control the speed of your fan, read “How I Fixed My Overheating HP DV9000 Computer: Software Solution: Patching the DSDT”
(http://icodehead.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-i-fixed-my-hp-dv9000-computer_02.html#Section3.4.2).

I have a dv9000. When I put my checkbook under it it does not overheat

Like jlmalone said, it is definately ventilation problem... which translates to some design issues with the laptop (Left side of the laptop is fried  where as the right side is cool at normal temp). The heat transfusion is not the perfect desgin.

Have a HP dv9207us and had the motherboard replaced under warranty at two months. It used to run very hot, idling and 60°C and 80°C under heavy load. I have since changed to the power saver plan which I modified setting the maximum for the processor at 90% power. It now Idels at 32°C and reaches 48°C under load. The computer has been running continuously for over a year without any problems. I believe that the processor was actually overclocked by about 10% which was courting the overheating problems. If your machine is still running I suggest you reduced the power settings. I know of other machines that were freezing randomly and reducing the power setting in Vista software problem. It really did not affect the speed of the machine since the processor really operates much over the 50 to 75% range. Good luck

I had this exact problem occur. I'll tell ya how I solved it. I bought a Belkin Cooling Platform to put my laptop on. I know this isn't an ideal solution, but for me it has worked.

Regards,
James

Our display driver got busted because of overheat. 
Here is the solution: Buy a usb powered laptop cooler that should cost no more than 10 bucks. It workes well enogh so that you can use the laptop for hours(considering it is plugged in) with out even feeling heat.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop_cooler

I have the same problem now, and it's a dv9334us,,,no idea what to do.