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    6970m Reaching 100 C Temp!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by SimplyLime, Apr 28, 2012.

  1. SimplyLime

    SimplyLime Notebook Guru

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    Basically what title says. Is this normal? or I need to do something about it. Was surprised seeing it in GPU z and Trixx 99 degress celsius
     
    SimplyLime, Apr 28, 2012
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    No. That is not normal. My 6990 tops out around 74 degrees Celsius. Check your fans and vents. Use some compressed air. If that doesn't work, you'll need to repaste your gpu.
     
    remedy1978, Apr 28, 2012
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  3. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    Look to Slick's 7970m guide and remove the heatsink, repaste the gpu die, probably some pads are missing, make your heatsink padding exactly equal to his, and you will get < 70C in gaming, don't worry it is piece of cake and fun thing to do! :)

    Watch out for those transistors/capacitators, DON'T put too much padding on top of them, 1mm padding would be enough :)
     
    maxheap, Apr 28, 2012
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  4. Joe85

    Joe85 Notebook Deity

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    Clogged vents most likely. Remove the fans and spray compressed air around. BUT make sure you keep the can upright or it will spray liquid allover your laptops insides.
     
    Joe85, Apr 28, 2012
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    Yikes! Yeah that is very high temps for that card. Open up your laptop and repaste the gpu. And clean out any dirt in the vents. My 6970m runs 82-83 while gaming. Though I've overclocked mine. I assume you have also since you metioned your using trixx? ;)
     
    Terreos, Apr 28, 2012
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  6. SimplyLime

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    Yeah, ill be getting one later and ill post again results

    Nice, i'll find his guide.

    Nope, i was running 680/900 core/memory clock speeds respectively.
    Was really shocked especially that I was playing a less demanding graphics game like HoN. Reaches temps upto 99-100
     
    SimplyLime, Apr 29, 2012
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    Let us know the results once you cleaned her up. :D
     
    Terreos, Apr 29, 2012
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  8. SimplyLime

    SimplyLime Notebook Guru

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    wow... just repasted my GPU, cleaned dirt inside my fan. idle temps sitting at 54-60 celsius. When playing HoN, temps only reach upto 63.

    3dmark06 score from 10500 now 19000.

    I really underestimated what repasting the GPU would do to my lappy.

    Now I know why repasting your GPU is very important.

    Problem Solved.

    Thanks for everyone here.
     
    SimplyLime, May 1, 2012
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  9. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    great work man! enjoy gaming :)
     
    maxheap, May 1, 2012
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  10. flingin

    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    enybody else has Dejavou ?
     
    flingin, May 1, 2012
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  11. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    LOL...congratz bro. These computers are dust magnets. It isn't long before the dust starts to clog everything...and the stock paste is not very good (despite what you might hear from dell)...and what's even worse are the stock paste jobs.
     
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    yeah, he had another thread also solved quickly :)
     
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    Yeah lots of dust in the fan and the vents. Next up would be my CPU. Still did not open my right fan. Will open it soon and repaste CPU.

    Its you again. lol

    Actually, it was because of your thread that I opened my lappy. Saw the pic which had dust clogged in the vents. Exactly the same as mine.
     
    SimplyLime, May 2, 2012
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