hi guys...i'm so sad currently, i think my hp 6001 is the first one to face overheat problem, now it totally cant be switch on...

and i think the window might be corrupted as well, coz i tried to restart the laptop several times and always shut off right in the middle of it...

How did it overheat? O.O

just normal playing game (was playing ME3)
maybe this time i played for too long, around 2 hours+, then suddenly, it switched off itself, tried to restart, and it keep switching off, after several retries, it totally died (so i think my window corrupted as well...i hope not )

hopefully the HP service center in ipoh has the parts for a discontinued product...as i'm not in KL currently...

w00tz.. can u enter SafeMode?

Holy hell. But I've played ME3 for way longer than you did. Around 4 hours and 2 days of never shutting down my laptop. Did good lol.
Though the left palm rest was ready to make an omelette.

dont say safe mode, even switch on the laptop, i cant even do that...
i'm pretty sure the mobo is a goner

did u play it in one go? i played 2h+ in one go
the part that is hot is the power button area, left palm is ok...but still kaput...so so sad...
and yesterday was the first day i went outstation (ipoh here) for holiday, dang, hopefully later on go to the service centre can give me some hope

and hopefully my data in harddisk can be saved, and the window is not corrupted, coz there r too many data inside

and i always keep track of my laptop heat reading when playing game, CPU around 86-89 and GPU around 75-78...still the mobo burned...

This post has been edited by gundamsp01: Apr 12 2012, 08:10 AM

I'd play dota for 2-4 hours straight. No problem... yet.
FYI, Dota 2 is more intensive than ME3.

Have u try power cycle? Disconnect/unplug everything including the battery and press the Power button for 30 secs.

When u send to SC, tell the CS not to reformat your HDD or else you'll sue them.

You went outstation and got time to play ME3? Ayam jeli.

Yeah I played in one shot. Of course I took out the battery because the freaking heat would kill it. I never keep track of the heat readings lol.
It's alright. Good luck with your laptop dude.

Though I'm pretty sure nobody else gets a BSOD when playing both iTunes and a few Youtube vids at the same time.

problem is...it cant even detect the power alre (the LED light which will light when u connect the power, currently, it remains dim) i pretty sure, mobo is kaput...the first thing that came in my mind was...coolsense is totally not cool at all... and also freaking bad luck

just took it to SC, the first thing they told me was "we r not responsible for any data lost" i told them, if require reformating, pls let me know first (really hope nothing went wrong in the software, )

outstation as in holiday, holiday meaning got time to play lo

the previous laptop i had (was a acer) white screen, black screen, blue screen, red screen all alre came out, but never have hardware failure be4, feel really disappointing when my new hp heat management and durability is worse than that acer(coz that one is real frying pan, yet, never fried any part of it)

yea, hope that my laptop is ok (in the software and data part, too many my stuff inside), and can be fixed pretty soon, coz leaving by mon...and i told them try their best to finish by monday...

i have 2 dv6s, both also heating problems like mad. The hp service center in damansara heights is my regular stop (dunno how many times i have to go there already). once is graphics card burn (artifacts), once laptop dead after leaving overnight, cant startup at all, motherboard burnt, once fan stopped working, once fan making noise. Anyways, the technician is quite good, now both laptops are working better now, after i requested to talk to the technician personally, and asked him to work something out. Definitely go for extended warranty, and make sure HP service center is really close to where you are staying. else, don't get this laptop

so...what actually u worked out there? in term of improving the dv6 durability?

Thermal paste, change to the old 6001 series motherboard (the newer 6001 batch dv6s come with the lousier 6100 mobo, quite bad. Not to mention that graphics switching is stuck at dynamic. Which means being able to play battlefield 3 only in windowed mode. The older mobos have fixed graphics switching, better stability, and better gaming experience, since u dun have to meddle with graphics switching for each app. Plus, battlefield 3 runs in full screen - difference between being fragged and fragging ppl).

Any idea where I can have my thermal paste changed? Because I don't know anything on the hardware. D:

they usually don't have ready stock to repair your laptop, they need to order from KL, your laptop may have to park there for 3 working days at least. my 6114tx also changed LCD panel twice already at ipoh service centre. although their QC is not the best but their service is still acceptable.

i don't play games with my 6114tx but sometimes it will also heat up when i play videos/youtube

seems like hp 6k series still got lots of probs.

O.o i play skyrim cont for 8H also never shutdown b4. just send to hp ipoh bah, all hp sc normally has 3days turn around time.

oh crap, i didnt mention which ver of mobo the should change...d*mn!
oh btw, the graphic switching one...6001 is not really stuck in dynamic for my case, i can just assign it to ATI card for all time long whether on battery or not

well, then hopefully after changing will not be problem again...

i have luck problem for this, i think i'm first to hit mobo burn out during overheat case.
hopefully it really is 3 days turnaround, as i'll be back to KL on monday afternoon..

That scares me a little. Sometimes i tortured mine like no one business.

I never play games without cooling pad though, or at least i make sure the laptop have good ground distance.

You can ask the SC to change it.
Not sure if you can ask them to use your own TP.

IMO, they used too much TP and it overflow.

The problem is that, if they don't have stock for 6000 series mobo they will use 6100 mobo which have dynamic switching and being 6001tx with 6100 series mobo make you stuck with dynamic switching without the option to change to fixed in BIOS.

u're lucky then...

i'm the unlucky one with U2 below it (which seems a waste of money) doesnt help on heat reduction at all
note to self: next time play game/do heavy duty stuff on hp in an air con room only

crap, if they really give me that dynamic switching mobo...then how exactly am i going use the ATI card for important matter?

eg: ATI for ME3 and in full screen mode
ATI for 3d max rendering/progress

u can ask the sc to c if it is possible to do it asap with the express service. if got stock, it can be done within a day, else just wait till u r back to KL only send to sc.