Are the temperature and fan speed normal in the laptop

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My laptop is HP Pavilion DV6-6b51ea. The laptop is around 5 years 10 months old.

Configuration:

  • Intel Core i5 2430M 2.40 GHz
  • 6 GB RAM
  • x64 based processor
  • ATI Radeon HD 6490M gpu
  • Intel HD 3000 integrated GPU
  • Hitachi 750GB Hard disk
  • Windows 10 64-bit

I am using a software SpeedFan 4.52 to see the fan speed and temperatures of CPU, HDD etc.

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In the software, what does core0, core1, temp1 mean? Are the temperatures normal?
Is the fan speed 1785rpm normal?

Is the software even giving the correct information?

Task Manager screenshot

Best Answer

core0 and core1 are the temperature sensors built in to the CPU cores themselves.

temp1 would be a temperature sensor somewhere else on the motherboard. It could be somewhere near the CPU or built in to one of the other microchips on the motherboard.

Those temperatures look perfectly safe and normal. They are slightly higher than I would expect from a completely "idle" system but it could be that some system update or software is running and warming your CPU slightly.

The fan speed of 1785rpm again seems slightly high, but what I would expect for a laptop CPU at that temperature.

Check task manager for programs that could be using the CPU.

If the temperature stays high and the fan speed persists over the course of a week then you may need to open the laptop up to clean dust out of the fan. Check your manufacturer for a guide on how to safely dismantle your laptop to clean the dust out.

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