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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: HP 4700 overheating |
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I have a problem with my HP 4700 overheating when using TT 5.1 and I have to wait for it to cool down before using it for any length of time. Is this normal or have I got a faulty unit? I would appreciate any feed back from the membership regarding this matter. |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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It is "normal" - TTN5 utilises the iPAQs processor to the maximum which drains the battery fast and produces a lot of heat. Use a program that is written more economical, like i-Go. _________________ Lutz
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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: HP 4700 overheating |
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many thanks for your prompt reply and advice. I was going to upgrade to tt6 but the overheating problem is too much to bear. What is i- go?. Thanking you in anticipation |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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One other consideration is a utility normaly used to overclock the processor speed, something like XCPUScaler, but rather than speed the processor up, use it to throttle it down to around 350Mhz this will reduce the heat build up significantly, it also reduces the battery drain.
You might have to play around to work out the best speed to use as this will be a trade off heat vs performance, but I have found it quite useful to conserve battery power on certain devices - Mike |
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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject: 4700 overheatin |
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Thanks Mike. I will try the underclocking idea and see what happens. Thanks again for your good advice. Ken W |
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