powerstarprince
In the zone
Hi there! I have an HP Pavilion g4 laptop, which I purchased on December 31, 2012. It's 12.5 years old now. I replaced the Toshiba HDD with a Samsung 870 EVO SSD in January 2021. I bought a Lapcare battery in September 2021. I installed Linux Mint over Windows 8.1 in September 2021. I replaced one 2GB RAM module with an ADATA 4GB RAM module in October 2023. I removed the Ralink RT5390BC8 WiFi and Bluetooth adapter in June 2025. I use a TP-LINK T3U USB wireless adapter.
I play an old Windows MMORPG game called "Ragnarok Online" on a private server that runs with the help of Wine on my Linux laptop. The CPU temperatures are around 95 degrees Celsius. The temperatures on Windows 8.1 back in 2021 were around 75 degrees Celsius with Intel Turbo Boost disabled.
The laptop runs well even after 12 years. It is sufficient for me as a secondary laptop. I went to an HP authorised service centre, and the engineer refused to service it as the laptop is more than 12 years old. He said it is difficult to service old laptops. Since it turned on fine, he didn't want to take a risk. He suggested I visit another service centre authorised for DELL to have it serviced by an experienced engineer.
I haven't gone there yet. But I would like to ask if it's worth it. Can it reduce the CPU temperatures for the game to around 80 degrees Celsius? I couldn't disable Intel Turbo Boost on Linux Mint.
I can use the laptop for another two years. The last time I went to a service centre to clean the heat sink was in 2018 or 2019. I don't think they have replaced the thermal paste in my previous three visits to the HP authorised service centre. What's your opinion?
I play an old Windows MMORPG game called "Ragnarok Online" on a private server that runs with the help of Wine on my Linux laptop. The CPU temperatures are around 95 degrees Celsius. The temperatures on Windows 8.1 back in 2021 were around 75 degrees Celsius with Intel Turbo Boost disabled.
The laptop runs well even after 12 years. It is sufficient for me as a secondary laptop. I went to an HP authorised service centre, and the engineer refused to service it as the laptop is more than 12 years old. He said it is difficult to service old laptops. Since it turned on fine, he didn't want to take a risk. He suggested I visit another service centre authorised for DELL to have it serviced by an experienced engineer.
I haven't gone there yet. But I would like to ask if it's worth it. Can it reduce the CPU temperatures for the game to around 80 degrees Celsius? I couldn't disable Intel Turbo Boost on Linux Mint.
I can use the laptop for another two years. The last time I went to a service centre to clean the heat sink was in 2018 or 2019. I don't think they have replaced the thermal paste in my previous three visits to the HP authorised service centre. What's your opinion?
