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Old 04-22-2021, 11:49 AM   #16
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I didn't say install it, I merely suggested to try it to see if the sensor reading is different.
 
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I didn't say install it, I merely suggested to try it to see if the sensor reading is different.
Will do, thanks!
 
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Okay, folks, it's over!

I couldn't resist but open the laptop and turn it on while having direct access to hardware.

This chip is ridiculously small, it slightly warm but not even close to these bogus values. Meanwhile, when I ran "sensors" again it still showed 90+ several times.

Anyway, sorry I didn't do it right away, and thank you all for your thoughts.
 
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You're fine. Mark this solved, then.
 
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bogus values
The reading could still be from somewhere inside the chip; 100 deg. C could be well within spec, as I think somebody already pointed out in this thread.
 
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You're fine. Mark this solved, then.
Done!
 
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The reading could still be from somewhere inside the chip; 100 deg. C could be well within spec, as I think somebody already pointed out in this thread.
Considering how tiny the chip is, I don't buy that it could be about 100 deg. C, if it's hot the whole DW1810 element should be hot enough, I did remove it completely, and there were no signs of overheating at all. Could this element be made from a material that locks heat inside the chip? Likely not.

Also, interestingly enough, the laptop doesn't have a fan at all which hints that the manufacturer is confident that it won't overheat.

Sometimes, I feel that the laptop is pretty warm but the warm area is a lot larger than the WiFi module, it looks like it coming from RAM. Buying a cooling pad could be a good idea to stop being worried about it at all.
 
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On maximum heat from a chip:

There are a number of thermal junctions in any chip which are best viewed as thermal resistances. It's also not the temperature you see now, but the worst case scenario that you have to calculate for.

Tj=150ºC is max in the wafer. Cooling from the legs of the chip can be ignored, because tracks are too thin to have much effect. So, at case=100ºC, your wafer will be ≥125ºC. Then you box up the PC, and start working hard and impeding the cooling, and it's very easy to hit thermal runaway long before you hit 100ºC. There's no thermal cutouts outside processors these days.

The max ballpark figure of ~40ºC is a safer one to use. The max wattage should be 5V@150mA - 0.65W. If that gets hot enough to boil water (100ºC) something is seriously wrong.
 
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On maximum heat from a chip:

There are a number of thermal junctions in any chip which are best viewed as thermal resistances. It's also not the temperature you see now, but the worst case scenario that you have to calculate for.

Tj=150ºC is max in the wafer. Cooling from the legs of the chip can be ignored, because tracks are too thin to have much effect. So, at case=100ºC, your wafer will be ≥125ºC. Then you box up the PC, and start working hard and impeding the cooling, and it's very easy to hit thermal runaway long before you hit 100ºC. There's no thermal cutouts outside processors these days.

The max ballpark figure of ~40ºC is a safer one to use. The max wattage should be 5V@150mA - 0.65W. If that gets hot enough to boil water (100ºC) something is seriously wrong.
There is no way that chip in my laptop will boil water, not even close.

Thank you for everything!
 
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Yep thx. I was dealing with something in post #20
 
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The reading could still be from somewhere inside the chip; 100 deg. C could be well within spec, as I think somebody already pointed out in this thread.
Obobskivich wrote this in post #8:
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I found the developer manual for the 9377 itself (https://developer.qualcomm.com/qfile...cification.pdf), and it indicates a maximum temperature of 115* C in operation (Tcase) on page 17, but lists a lower value for '9377-3 variant' at 85* C.
 
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The elevated operating temeratures are because there are three temperatures for ICs

Commercial = 0 to 70ºC
Industrial = -40 to +85ºC
Military = -55 to +125ºC

and needless to say, the higher your temp spec, the more you pay. In fact, no electronics will safely run at +125ºC, which is a ridiculous temperature, and everybody waters that down. They are thinking of a plane starting up in the morning in deepest Antarctica, flying to the Saudi Arabian desert, and baking in the sun all day. The manufacturer pretends they have tested at +125ºC and, I gather the militaries pretend to believe them.

In your pc (which was the question) use +≅40º. If it's uncomfortably hot for your finger, it's overheating.

What pilot is going to get into a plane/tank/warship at 125ºC and start doing stuff? Really?

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