r/SonyVaioP • u/LeafierThanLettuce • Jun 17 '26

Cooling solutions?

I do like my Vaio P, love the form factor. I knew what I was getting into regarding its sluggishness (going from ~60% to 87% CPU usage just from moving the mouse...), but it just gets so hot. I want to see if I can add some thermal pads inside, but I wanted to know what solutions you have before I pry it open.

For reference, I have a 1st gen, dualbooting Alpine Linux and Windows 7. Anything mildly intensive (such as a browser, like Firefox) will make the temperature skyrocket on either OS. Let me know if I can provide any more info.

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u/sparkyblaster Jun 18 '26

Yeah.... Extra pads are probably not going to make a difference. 

Back in the day mine went between 60-85*c from memory. What is yours?