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    ASUS G73Sw Screen overheat [HELP!!!]

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by flendtDK, Oct 22, 2011.

  1. flendtDK

    flendtDK Newbie

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    Hello,
    I am new to these forums, and i have a really annoying problem with my asus G73Sw...
    It happend after i bought it, but the past days it have been really bad! After a couple of hours of gameplay and recording (I just played minecraft, nothing big) Then suddenly my screen start to get overheated or something.
    I can hear my coolers are running fast and loud, and my screen in one of the sides, its like the light in it turns off, and then on the other side, it gets overpowered, and lights it up extremely much, and after 10 sec, the screen just goes black.
    But i have another screen connected to my laptop, and that one still works fine.
    I'll get a picture of it next time it happens. But i tried to open it up in the place where you can put in your RAM and i found out that there is some kind of metal plate that gets really REALLY hot. Picture:

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    Can anyone with knowledge on these pc's help me?
     
    flendtDK, Oct 22, 2011
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  2. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    That circled area is the heatsink for the GPU, and it should get hot. You should run an application to get realtime measurements of your temps, like HWINFO64. This way I can better suggest what to do.
     
    Chastity, Oct 22, 2011
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  3. flendtDK

    flendtDK Newbie

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    When i play minecraft as usual, and record meanwhile, it is at the temp of 80 or something. And i couldnt even touch it without burning my fingers. And if you want to, you can have the specs of my pc?
     
    flendtDK, Oct 22, 2011
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    A weird backlight malfunction?
     
    sarge_, Oct 23, 2011
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  5. flendtDK

    flendtDK Newbie

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    Nop, it happend almost from the start of when i bought it, and now it is just every other hour or so it happens. But i found out that my pc only goes like REALLY crazy when i play minecraft, and not when i play games like mw2 and such... I dont know why cause minecraft doesnt take that much.
     
    flendtDK, Oct 23, 2011
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    Can you do a Furmark test and report the temps?
     
    Chastity, Oct 24, 2011
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  7. flendtDK

    flendtDK Newbie

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    Uhm, okay, ill do that now, but i dont see why. And i have uploaded another image showing off what there is happening to my screen. But i can see in the program "Speccy" That my motherboard lies at 70-80° when i play minecraft and records. But i found out that it is only when i play minecraft that it begins to be crazy and spin really much. I can play mw2 without any probs at all. And even when i upload and use sony vegas and alot of other programs at the same time, it doesnt spin as much as when i play minecraft. I dont know if you have heard about minecraft, but it is a blocky game that doesnt require much to run.
     
    flendtDK, Oct 25, 2011
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