Another Possible Way to Solve the Stuttering Problem...

It seems that I was the first one to report the stuttering problem of Quad processor in the forum.

see my previous thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=357226

After countless while useless attemps on my own, I finally decided to send the laptop back to AW's EMEA repair depot (with all the cost of freight from China to Ireland on my own, 'cause I am an EMEA customer...). One month later, it came back, with a replaced CPU, yet nothing fixed.

However, last week I accidentally left the back lid open while testing ETW on the computer, and the problem seemed to disappeared itself. I then suspected that it was a heating problem in essence.

So I bought a tube of thermal grease (over-charged for 2RMB, about 0.29USD) from a little computer repair shop, and applied some of them on my CPU. Miracally, everything solved...

Ironic...

I am glad to see that AW has finnally found out a proper way to solve the problem. I will definitely try the install and re-install stuff at once.

 

Well. I have same problem too. but where i can find those tube of thermal grease? In little computer shop ? what is that?

 

Just go to Newegg or google thermal paste and you'll have more info than you can digest.

 

So the problem really was a heating issue? I have the exact same problem, however I have sent it back to them, got it back on Friday and the problem is still here. However I don't think 2 of the areas I used it in where well ventilated. I did run Crysis in an open space on my kitchen table and it was perfect, only had problems with DX10. So this thermal grease worked? I suppose I'm lucky in a sense, I live in Ireland, still took 15 day to repair though!

 

New thermal grease will lower your temps by a few degrees, but it is by no means a cure-all.

Thermal grease paired with a decent laptop cooler is a great idea, and don't forget that ambient temperatures make a big difference too. The cooler you can keep your laptop, the longer it will last.

You may already know this, but if you right-click on the Crysis icon in your GAMES folder, you can run it in DX9. It's not as visually stimulating, but the difference is negligible. Plus you'll gain a few frames per second.

 

Cheers thanks! I am convinced for myself it is a heat issue. Where my laptop is at the moment the ventilation is awful, but it runs fine for music and internet. Not heavy 3D games, running it in a much cooler area and surface, with nothing blocking the vents, it ran like a gem.

The only thing that worries me is that I bought it for DJing because I essentially wanted extreme performance. I'm just worried it will overheat and shutter when I'm playing live!

 

The stuttering problem is far and wide...I even experience it now and again. There's not a fix that I'm aware of.

 

Hmm it sadly seems that way. Good news for me though is that I just ran a demo of the DJ software I will get and even in this poorly ventilated area, it ran perfectly. Haha even with the 'cruise control' DJing feature!

 

i only have as5. should i reapply

 

you temps are fine Don this is nota fix you know as well as i do the issue is software not over heating other wise 15 people would not have the quad issue

 

oh yeah was checking my temps but this issue is annoying. and right now there is about 5 different thread on page one about this problem. very confusing.

 

I agree that it must be a software problem essentially, however, I do also believe that the software problem must have resulted in some overheating problem. Otherwise, my computer won't show the significant difference after I applied the thermal paste.

In a way, thermal paste helps.