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Was the laptop hot to the touch when you shut it down? I have had the 840 G3, G5, and a 640 G9. The only recent generation machines I have skipped is the G10 purely due to price since I can get 2 640 G9s for the cost of one G10, and the MOST I lose is the marginally better 13th gen chips (vs 12th on the G9. But at the same time, it makes for an excellent bargaining chip when a seller has one with the 256GB SSD, for example).
Now that being said, I skipped a few:
* G6: This is like the G5 - 8th-gen CPUs—this is a refresh series and offers nothing I didn't get out of the G5. These were marginally better and were a fine option for owners of older machines like the G3 or G4, but not G5 owners.
* G7: 10th gen Intel ULV was not a huge upgrade.
* G8: 11th gen Intel was huge in the sense you got 8 cores on the ULV CPUs, but nothing that screamed "UPGRADE" for me.
My experience is usually with the EliteBooks (especially older models that predate the 11th and 12th gen machines). Those tend to be due to Intel's somewhat troublesome thermal management before the 11th and 12th gen CPUs (ESPECIALLY i7-based units), but the G9 and up with the i5 (and potentially the i7; I do not see them a lot, or they're priced sky high in comparison) may run the fan for a bit to get the system cooled down a bit. It's a protective mechanism done BY DESIGN when the computer is hot to prevent heat damage to the CPU/motherboard/GPU (if equipped). My i5 12th gen 640 G9 doesn't do it, but it's generally due to Intel getting their act together on heat management on ULV chips around this time. As such, this protection becomes less of a necessary evil.
***NOTE: Legacy machines with the 8th generation and older will always do this, as will the 10th generation machines to a lesser degree. It's due to the processor's tendency to run hotter on those machines.***
The main thing to watch for is the fans shouldn't stay on permanently - if they do, something is wrong with the readings coming from the board, the CPU, or the fan has issues. If it stays on for a few minutes, that's very much normal with the EliteBooks as long as it's only doing it for ~5-10 minutes. Unlike HP Consumer, HP engineers the EliteBooks with some common sense and doesn't design them to bake themselves to death. ***If you want to confirm this, pull the CMOS battery (and primary battery connection) for 2-3 minutes, plug both back in, and let the BIOS reset. If it continues, it's probably expected behavior, especially on an older unit such as a G7 or older with hotter running chips. If it doesn't, then there was probably something wonky with your BIOS triggering it.*** That is where I would start, especially if my G9 did it, knowing I have a cooler running machine that does not depend on this.
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Was the laptop hot to the touch when you shut it down? I have had the 840 G3, G5, and a 640 G9. The only recent generation machines I have skipped is the G10 purely due to price since I can get 2 640 G9s for the cost of one G10, and the MOST I lose is the marginally better 13th gen chips (vs 12th on the G9. But at the same time, it makes for an excellent bargaining chip when a seller has one with the 256GB SSD, for example).
Now that being said, I skipped a few:
* G6: This is like the G5 - 8th-gen CPUs—this is a refresh series and offers nothing I didn't get out of the G5. These were marginally better and were a fine option for owners of older machines like the G3 or G4, but not G5 owners.
* G7: 10th gen Intel ULV was not a huge upgrade.
* G8: 11th gen Intel was huge in the sense you got 8 cores on the ULV CPUs, but nothing that screamed "UPGRADE" for me.
My experience is usually with the EliteBooks (especially older models that predate the 11th and 12th gen machines). Those tend to be due to Intel's somewhat troublesome thermal management before the 11th and 12th gen CPUs (ESPECIALLY i7-based units), but the G9 and up with the i5 (and potentially the i7; I do not see them a lot, or they're priced sky high in comparison) may run the fan for a bit to get the system cooled down a bit. It's a protective mechanism done BY DESIGN when the computer is hot to prevent heat damage to the CPU/motherboard/GPU (if equipped). My i5 12th gen 640 G9 doesn't do it, but it's generally due to Intel getting their act together on heat management on ULV chips around this time. As such, this protection becomes less of a necessary evil.
***NOTE: Legacy machines with the 8th generation and older will always do this, as will the 10th generation machines to a lesser degree. It's due to the processor's tendency to run hotter on those machines.***
The main thing to watch for is the fans shouldn't stay on permanently - if they do, something is wrong with the readings coming from the board, the CPU, or the fan has issues. If it stays on for a few minutes, that's very much normal with the EliteBooks as long as it's only doing it for ~5-10 minutes. Unlike HP Consumer, HP engineers the EliteBooks with some common sense and doesn't design them to bake themselves to death. ***If you want to confirm this, pull the CMOS battery (and primary battery connection) for 2-3 minutes, plug both back in, and let the BIOS reset. If it continues, it's probably expected behavior, especially on an older unit such as a G7 or older with hotter running chips. If it doesn't, then there was probably something wonky with your BIOS triggering it.*** That is where I would start, especially if my G9 did it, knowing I have a cooler running machine that does not depend on this.
Was the laptop hot to the touch when you shut it down? I have had the 840 G3, G5, and a 640 G9. The only recent generation machines I have skipped is the G10 purely due to price since I can get 2 640 G9s for the cost of one G10, and the MOST I lose is the marginally better 13th gen chips (vs 12th on the G9. But at the same time, it makes for an excellent bargaining chip when a seller has one with the 256GB SSD, for example).
Now that being said, I skipped a few:
* G6: This is like the G5 - 8th-gen CPUs—this is a refresh series and offers nothing I didn't get out of the G5. These were marginally better and were a fine option for owners of older machines like the G3 or G4, but not G5 owners.
* G7: 10th gen Intel ULV was not a huge upgrade.
* G8: 11th gen Intel was huge in the sense you got 8 cores on the ULV CPUs, but nothing that screamed "UPGRADE" for me.
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My experience is usually with the EliteBooks (especially older models that predate the 11th and 12th gen machines), where it's due to some of them running on the hotter end with some setups like the i7, so the system keeps the fan alive for a few minutes to purge the heat to avoid damaging the CPU, motherboard or GPU (if you have one with that option). My 640 G9 doesn't do it, but I know the newer Intel chips (11th gen-present) are much better about heat, so it's less of a necessary evil once you graduate to a newer model. Anything such as the G7 and older generally do it much more often because the processors tend to run hotter on those machines.
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My experience is usually with the EliteBooks (especially older models that predate the 11th and 12th gen machines). Those tend to be due to Intel's somewhat troublesome thermal management before the 11th and 12th gen CPUs (ESPECIALLY i7-based units), but the G9 and up with the i5 (and potentially the i7; I do not see them a lot, or they're priced sky high in comparison) may run the fan for a bit to get the system cooled down a bit. It's a protective mechanism done BY DESIGN when the computer is hot to prevent heat damage to the CPU/motherboard/GPU (if equipped). My i5 12th gen 640 G9 doesn't do it, but it's generally due to Intel getting their act together on heat management on ULV chips around this time. As such, this protection becomes less of a necessary evil.
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The main problem is the fans shouldn't stay on permanently - if they do, something is wrong with the readings coming from the board, the CPU, or the fan has issues. If it stays on for a few minutes, that's very much normal with the EliteBooks as long as it's only doing it for ~5-10 minutes. Unlike HP Consumer, HP engineers the EliteBooks with some common sense and doesn't design them to bake themselves to death. ***If you want to confirm this, pull the CMOS battery (and primary battery connection) for 2-3 minutes, plug both back in, and let the BIOS reset. If it continues, it's probably expected behavior, especially on an older unit such as a G7 or older with hotter running chips. If it doesn't, then there was probably something wonky with your BIOS triggering it.*** That is where I would start, especially if my G9 did it, knowing I have a cooler running machine that does not depend on this.
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***NOTE: Legacy machines with the 8th generation and older will always do this, as will the 10th generation machines to a lesser degree. It's due to the processor's tendency to run hotter on those machines.***
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The main thing to watch for is the fans shouldn't stay on permanently - if they do, something is wrong with the readings coming from the board, the CPU, or the fan has issues. If it stays on for a few minutes, that's very much normal with the EliteBooks as long as it's only doing it for ~5-10 minutes. Unlike HP Consumer, HP engineers the EliteBooks with some common sense and doesn't design them to bake themselves to death. ***If you want to confirm this, pull the CMOS battery (and primary battery connection) for 2-3 minutes, plug both back in, and let the BIOS reset. If it continues, it's probably expected behavior, especially on an older unit such as a G7 or older with hotter running chips. If it doesn't, then there was probably something wonky with your BIOS triggering it.*** That is where I would start, especially if my G9 did it, knowing I have a cooler running machine that does not depend on this.
Was the laptop hot to the touch when you shut it down? I have had the 840 G3, G5 (the G6 is the G5 with the refreshed 8th gen chips), and a 640 G9. The only generation machines I have skipped is the G10 due to price since I can get 2 640 G9s for the cost of one G10, and the MOST I lose is the 13th gen chips (vs 12th on the G9, but some bartering and taking a 256GB SSD unit is needed to get it cheap). I also skipped the 840 G6 because it is a minor refresh of the G5.
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Was the laptop hot to the touch when you shut it down? I have had the 840 G3, G5, and a 640 G9. The only recent generation machines I have skipped is the G10 purely due to price since I can get 2 640 G9s for the cost of one G10, and the MOST I lose is the marginally better 13th gen chips (vs 12th on the G9. But at the same time, it makes for an excellent bargaining chip when a seller has one with the 256GB SSD, for example).
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Now that being said, I skipped a few:
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* G6: This is like the G5 - 8th-gen CPUs—this is a refresh series and offers nothing I didn't get out of the G5. These were marginally better and were a fine option for owners of older machines like the G3 or G4, but not G5 owners.
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* G7: 10th gen Intel ULV was not a huge upgrade.
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* G8: 11th gen Intel was huge in the sense you got 8 cores on the ULV CPUs, but nothing that screamed "UPGRADE" for me.
My experience is usually with the EliteBooks (especially older models that predate the 11th and 12th gen machines), where it's due to some of them running on the hotter end with some setups like the i7, so the system keeps the fan alive for a few minutes to purge the heat to avoid damaging the CPU, motherboard or GPU (if you have one with that option). My 640 G9 doesn't do it, but I know the newer Intel chips (11th gen-present) are much better about heat, so it's less of a necessary evil once you graduate to a newer model. Anything such as the G7 and older generally do it much more often because the processors tend to run hotter on those machines.
The main problem is the fans shouldn't stay on permanently - if they do, something is wrong with the readings coming from the board, the CPU, or the fan has issues. If it stays on for a few minutes, that's very much normal with the EliteBooks as long as it's only doing it for ~5-10 minutes. Unlike HP Consumer, HP engineers the EliteBooks with some common sense and doesn't design them to bake themselves to death. ***If you want to confirm this, pull the CMOS battery (and primary battery connection) for 2-3 minutes, plug both back in, and let the BIOS reset. If it continues, it's probably expected behavior, especially on an older unit such as a G7 or older with hotter running chips. If it doesn't, then there was probably something wonky with your BIOS triggering it.*** That is where I would start, especially if my G9 did it, knowing I have a cooler running machine that does not depend on this.
Was the laptop hot to the touch when you shut it down? I have had the 840 G3, G5 (the G6 is the G5 with the refreshed 8th gen chips), and a 640 G9. The only generation machines I have skipped is the G10 due to price since I can get 2 640 G9s for the cost of one G10, and the MOST I lose is the 13th gen chips (vs 12th on the G9, but some bartering and taking a 256GB SSD unit is needed to get it cheap). I also skipped the 840 G6 because it is a minor refresh of the G5.
My experience is usually with the EliteBooks (especially older models that predate the 11th and 12th gen machines), where it's due to some of them running on the hotter end with some setups like the i7, so the system keeps the fan alive for a few minutes to purge the heat to avoid damaging the CPU, motherboard or GPU (if you have one with that option). My 640 G9 doesn't do it, but I know the newer Intel chips (11th gen-present) are much better about heat, so it's less of a necessary evil once you graduate to a newer model. Anything such as the G7 and older generally do it much more often because the processors tend to run hotter on those machines.
The main problem is the fans shouldn't stay on permanently - if they do, something is wrong with the readings coming from the board, the CPU, or the fan has issues. If it stays on for a few minutes, that's very much normal with the EliteBooks as long as it's only doing it for ~5-10 minutes. Unlike HP Consumer, HP engineers the EliteBooks with some common sense and doesn't design them to bake themselves to death. ***If you want to confirm this, pull the CMOS battery (and primary battery connection) for 2-3 minutes, plug both back in, and let the BIOS reset. If it continues, it's probably expected behavior, especially on an older unit such as a G7 or older with hotter running chips. If it doesn't, then there was probably something wonky with your BIOS triggering it.*** That is where I would start, especially if my G9 did it, knowing I have a cooler running machine that does not depend on this.