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    M17x R4 7970M High GPU Temperatures

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Hellzhavoc, Jun 29, 2013.

  1. Hellzhavoc

    Hellzhavoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought my M17x R4 2 months ago and recently found it had a defective GPU, so I got it replaced my a technician.

    After getting it installed and everything I decided to play some Simcity on max settings for 10 minutes and I noticed that the max temperature my GPU reached 100 degrees CELCIUS. Before when I played Simcity a month ago, the max temperature after 30 minutes was about 68-75 but now its from 90-100.

    Can anyone give me any advice to solve this problem? I'm afraid that now if I game for more than 1 hour the laptop will overheat and cause problems. Any advice would be helpful!

    PS. The fans are clean and have no dust in it and usually spin at a high RPM.
     
    Hellzhavoc, Jun 29, 2013
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    Sounds like you need to redo the paste job.
     
    SkylineLvr, Jun 29, 2013
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  3. Hellzhavoc

    Hellzhavoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do you do that?
     
    Hellzhavoc, Jun 29, 2013
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    mikecacho, Jun 29, 2013
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    There was a piece of plastic or some piece of tape between the GPU and heatsink that looked out of place so i removed it. Now the max temperature I get while gaming is 67 degrees celcius! Damn technician didn't do a good job replacing my graphics card...
     
    Hellzhavoc, Jun 29, 2013
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    That's great! I'm glad you found the culprit :p
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 1, 2013
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