Envy of HP TouchSmart 4-1203ea Sleekbook

Hello

I'm looking for the update to the newest bios FRO HP Envy TouchSmart 4 - 1203ea Sleekbook

I searched the site of HP and used the HP tool but can not find one - HP site suggests, I therefore have the most recent bios. The bios when I look at msinfo32.exe shows Date of Version of the BIOS: Insyde F.21 14/11/2012

I bought the laptop over a year ago (sometime in 2013)

I upgraded the laptop to windows 8 for windows 8.1

It has 16 GB of DDR3 RAM

Samsung 850 PRO 1 TB SSD

Intel AC 802.11 wireless card

Haswell i5 processor (4th generation)

All the drivers are up to date on the manufacturers Web sites

All the updates of windows installed

Anti-virus and Anti-malware scans have been completed and everything is clean

I cleaned the fan and cleaned the vents

I disabled the fan options in the bios so that they are not always on. I also tried with fan always on.

The fan is constantly on - according to CUPID Hardware Monitor PRO:

temperatures are 63-68 degrees C on each core

temperature of SSD is 40-41 degrees c

curernt voltage is 15.93V

I don't think it's hot particularyl?

Would you recommend using Paste artic silver 5 on this laptop for the CPU and the GPU?

I read a few posts on the use of a Gummy cpu / gpu paste, it seems that the general consensus is that this is necessary if the GPU or CPU is slightly raised.

Also is it worth of replacement of pads with copper trim and adding the thermal paste after?

I have worked in it for years and have built several computers desktop and have repaired many laptops, but would like to chcek if there is nothing else I can do before you buy a block of cooling?

I usually use the laptop on my desk at home or at work.

I also read a few messages to the topic to make additional holes in the case of the laptop then adding mesh to avoid that the dust is does anyone have experience with this?

There are positions on the amendment of the fan to improve the airflow by cutting some of the envelope of the fan?

There are fans of spare parts for laptops which are quieter or cooler?

I appreciate there is a lot of questions here and any help would be appreciated.

Thank you very much

James88

Then... the results! Temperatures plummeted to 8-9 degrees indle and at the charge!

They cut to be in the 50s and 60 for 40 years and 50 years

I stripped the laptop and applied new thermal paste to the CPU. Be careful when you remove the 4 screws that hold the processor, they may be a bich to go out, make sure you use the right size screwdriver and not screw them (make sure you have a spare room if you are new in this and other tools)

My choice is the block thermal artic silver 5, which is about £5 online on most Web sites. I have used this on several laptops and desktops from the front to reduce the temperature.

I also applied bit of electrical tape from the fan to the vent thingy (not sure what the correct name for this what) that connects the fan and the heat pipe set, I managed to reduce the tempearate of about 8-9 degrees. Normalling running under 45 degrees. The fan is now very very quiet too!

I also discovered that the CPU is soldered to the motherboard (as I predicted). So the only way to upgrade would be to get a new Board of Directors, which corresponds to the laptop, with the specifications I and not being not a player, I don't think I'm going to need an upgrade for a while yet.

Any questions, feel free to ask me! :-)

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