ASUS G60VX Overheating BIG TIME!

Hey guys

Had this bad boy for about a year now.

Now, I've always had a lapboard (no fans, but kept it cool enough) so that's not the problem.

I think I have a failing PSU on this.

Bout a month ago, the whole thing shut off on me, and I couldn't get it to come back on. The other day I just prayed it'd come on and it did (NO JOKE)

Anyway. I decided to do some modding work for it. I clipped the blue wire for the fan, added paste to the GPU/CPU, I even cut some holes in the fake subwoofer thing (going to make a complete opening tomorrow)

But problem is, my temps are skyrocketing irregardless!!

Granted, I never checked my GPU temps back before this problem occured, but they zoom up to 107* during Bad Company 2 (even on lowest possible settings) and with my regular settings, the game starts to lag. I don't even play it long as I'm afraid to damage the thing. However my idle temps are anywhere from 45-60*. Crazy huh?

I'm gonna buy a cooler tomorrow, but like I said before. This has never happened, and the thing always stayed cool (as it could be) much cooler than it is now that is for sure, and even in this freezing AC room it's getting hot.

I used the powermizer thingy, use game booster to free up things, change aero to basic...

I think it's just the fan/heatsink not being able to withstand the heat, so I'm hoping a cooler will help out alot. Do you guys think it may be a power problem??

 

Think you could have damaged the heatsink when taking it off? Applied the thermal paste incorrectly? Is the radiator dirty? Fan failing? lol G60's do generally run hot, but you should be able to get it into the 80s-90s. Which sensor is reading as the hottest?

 

Took a snapshot of my speedfan temps currently.



The GPU goes from 45-60* like I was saying.
The CPU goes from 24*C-37*.
THESE TEMPS ARE ON IDOL, and just browsing the web as I am now, watching a movie etc.

It seems only under intense gaming does the GPU ALWAYS rise to the 107* mark, have never seen it higher.
CPU only gets to bout 58* max.
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Answers to your questions

1.) Like physically braking something on it? I see no signs of that. Unless there is a way to damage it without the naked eye seeing (Not being smart there lol)

2.) I don't think the paste was put on wrong..I mean I gopped it onto the GPU and evened it out nicely. Same with the CPU, and it's bizarre that the CPU runs cool and not the GPU ..

3.) Uh radiator? Like the grill thingy that the fan blows the air through? I'll triple check, but I already cleaned it pretty well (if that's what you mean) the fan blade is clean as well

4.) Fans not failing, it's pretty loud and turning fast (as you can see) since I had cut the wire to get full potential

Let me know what ya think. I"m gonna go out soon and get some new paste (does it even go bad sitting in a tube?) some really good sh*t and a cooler, and remount everything...even though it's like the 5th time lol

 

It definitely sounds like the heatsink on the GPU isn't making a good seat. It could be that it's got a thin gap that the heat sink compound just can't quite fill up.

 

That's what I'm thinking too, will update you guys when I am finished remounting everything

 

Ditto on what Sxooter is saying; as I was originally asking if you had perhaps bent the heatsink lol and yes the "grill thingy that the fan blows air through" is the radiator lol

 

Do all crappy alloy told you and then follow the G51 optimization thread with update the vbios and run nvidia...something that correctly throttle the gpu, it helps with the cooling quite alot.

 

Aight guys update time

1.) I refitted the heatsink, tightened the screws good and secure, tried to analyze it from every angle, and it didn't look bent.

2.) The radiator was clean as a whistle, but I went through with some Q-tips and did a polish job on it

3.) In response to what you were saying Dragon, I forgot to mention I had tried using the nvidia "powermizer" thing, and it was great for temps while idiling, but they still sky rocketed to 107*.

However, the video bios I had tried doing, but the program I used to make a bootable USB stick, wasn't working, but I will try it again.

4.) HOWEVER! Upon letting it shut down last night, my dog tripped over the wire, and it unplugged, and it won't come back on again now.

This is the same problem I originally had, so I'm guessing it is just some failure in the hardware some where, most likely in the power supply or something...

Though I don't see how it would come back on even (like it originally did). I would try resetting the CMOS battery, but I don't feel like disassembling it THAT far and it end up not working, let alone me trying to repiece it back together lol

 

The new vbios will allow the card to operate in lower voltage thus produce less heat.

All those blue thermal pads attched to the heatsink, are they still intact?

Also back when i own one, often time i press power with some touch button light come on but the system doesnt seem to boot, not even into bios so i just either wait for a few minutes or try to remove both the ac adapter and battery for a bit and then plug in again. Not sure if its similar to what occured to you but wouldnt hurt right?

 

You can use the HP formating tool in the G73 thread to make a bootable usb.

Funny about the dog, mine did the same thing and damaged my G73's powersupply lol it worked fine immeaditly afterwards, but over time would cause the laptop to freeze and restart when underload.

Try the vbios again, and get a new (possibly more powerful?) powersupply and see if those help any.