HP DV2-1039wm laptop running like a slideshow (only slower) when unplugged...

[TheChodja]

I have an HP DV2-1039wm laptop that, for the longest while, has been running great. However, when I run the laptop off of battery it slows waaaaaaay down. I'm assuming it's a power saver/processor issue that's gotten more...saving...ish...since I got it?

Here's the downlow:
On battery, my processor is working 100% (according to my lovely Rainmeter skin). It's also running at (I only just now saw this) 96MHz. Thaaaaaat...sounds really bad.

I haven't messed with any settings lately and I'm not running too much in the background. I also have my power saver options in Windows 7 set to not care how much battery life it consumes when on battery.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MindoverMaster]

You might want to disable Cool and Quiet in your BIOS, it is used to save power when not in use.

 

[TheChodja]

The BIOS is actually really, really limited on what can be changed. Boot order, date, time, passwords, fan always on, yadda yadda. The very baseline for a BIOS. Although, I think I figured it out.

The fan is set to "Always On", but I don't hear a fun running and I don't feel any exhaust on the bottom of the laptop. Soooooo...I think my fan is either tangled or dead. Which blows. Though, I find it funny that the laptop lets you run as hot as you want to when it's plugged into the wall. Thank you, HP. 'preciate'cha.

 

[MindoverMaster]

I'd locate the fan and make sure it's working. Could be damaging your CPU that way.

 

[TheChodja]

I went in and cleaned it out. There was a lot of dust clogging up the fan. The computer doesn't run like crap anymore, although I can see that the processor is bouncing from 800 and 1600 MHz like crazy. Just non-stop bounce. The fan is intermittently making some noise, so I think it still might be going out and the exhaust for the fan doesn't feel too terribly exhaust-y.

I ordered another fan and, hopefully, all is fixed.