Temperatures with a 940XM

Hey guys.

I had a question on temps with my R2. Right now, I am playing Mass Effect max'd out, and I am checking my CPU temps with RealTemp, and it is reporting temps of 79 81 81 77 across the 4 cores.

I have read through here quite extensively and it seems to be ok for temps. But most are getting these temps while running Prime95, etc. I have no OC on it at all. The only thing OC'd is my GFX cards at 775/1075.

My idle temp sits around 52-55C.

Are these temps ok, or should I be looking at reapplying thermal paste? I don't want to rip the system apart and repaste only to get the same result.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

looks good.

 

Also, does anyone have this issue with an R2?

When I lieave the laptop on at my desk and leave it for about 10 mins doing nothing, my CPU fan just starts getting really loud and the temps are around 50-70 across all cores. As soon as I move the mouse, the fans slow down and temps return to normal......Is this weird or what? The laptop is completely idle, not doing anything.

I have never seen this problem. And I do not know what is causing it. Is this normal for an R2? Anyone have any input?

 

it might be your antivirus program scanning your pc as most antivirus programs today scans the system when its idle

 

I thought of that, but I have MS Security Essentials. And I have the scheduled scans turned off. It set it so I scan it myself.

I have no idea what the issue is really. Its been bugging me since I got the notebook. I haven't seen anyone else with the issue. Does anyone else's R2 do the same thing?

TXDK, does your R2 do that when you leave it idle on the desk for like 10 mins? I ask since you have a similar system to mine.

 

yes but not allways but it is my antivirus program running thats why i asked.

Whell it might the build in defragger in windows 7 running but that shuldnt run every time it idles

 

I disabled defragmentation on my system because I have SSDs, and that is really bad for them.

Normally, I figure stuff like this out really quick, but this one is killing me. I just have no idea what is causing it.

I am thinking about leaving task manager open on the CPU cores to check the CPU activity and see what is going on.

 

open taskmanager and see what process is using cpu when this happens, that might give you some pointers.

 

Geoffxx, thanks for the idea.

I did that, and I checked out the process that was causing it, and it was MsMpENG.exe. It seems to be a part of Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials.

So I guess txdk was right. It is caused from the AV software.

The odd thing is though, I turned off automatic scheduled scanning. If I disable realtime protection, then the software would be doing me no good. LOL.

 

tjMax is 105* and the cpu starts throttling around 95*, and i would say anything under 90* is okay. these laptops don't always have the thermal paste put on in the best way, you might want to re-apply some paste.

also if you raise the back of the laptop off the ground (i use a DVD case) that will lower your average temps about 10*

 

I will try reapplying the thermal paste within the next week or so. Ripping this laptop apart is a long and painful process. lol.

I will try the lifting idea as well. For a laptop, its great, but it gets hot and loud when gaming.

Thanks for the suggestions.