Asus G51VX Overheat?

Hello,

I've Been searching on the forums and I have found some information on this topic, but I am curious about my particular setup. My laptop's temperature has always been (what I think to be) extremely high, varying from 84-90 celsius. I OC'd my 260m GTX to the stock values when I first got the computer (up from what ASUS had them set at). The temperature's aren't noticablly higher in this configuration. However I have noticed that when playing games that task the gpu the temperature reaches 106c but never higher. I assume that this is some sort of cut off point as games become noticablly slower when that ceiling is reached. However rivatuner does not report that the gpu is being down clocked.

Now my question is, is this normal, even for this laptop? Even when set to the original Asus clock, etc. My laptop hits this 106c ceiling and slows down, usually within 5 minutes playing a taxing game (i've noticed recently on divine divinity 2: Ego Draconis, and Civilization 5). I've seen everything from voltage fixes to applying thermal paste and cleaning out the fans, but I'm wondering if I there isn't something wrong with my gpu? The temps i'm getting seem ridiculously high, and games slow down even on the regular ASUS clocks (still hits 106c).

I'm wondering if I should try to contact ASUS about it or if this is fixable without using the warranty? I'm completely comfortable with opening up my laptop and doing any fixes, I just don't want to do anything that would void the warranty (aka remove the warranty stickers).

Thank you in Advance,
Deusx

 

Do you have a good ventilation in your room? Try to use a notebook cooler for your gaming laptop. 84 - 90 is alright if playing games, but 106c is quite high and slowing* down your laptop (which is bad). You're laptop is overheating.

 

As I suspected. 84-90 is idle. I have used it in a variety of different places (including my college apartment where it is 68 degrees regularly) and that is the idle range I have seen. What I'm wondering is if it is exessively overheating and my laptop gpu is defective, or if it is possible to fix it myself. As for a notebook cooler, yes I could use that for now but if I had to use a cooler all the time just to play a game (especially on the stock ASUS clocks) I would consider this laptop defective.

 

84 - 90 as idle is too much. You can ask the customer support for replacement that thing is too hot. You can't even play much because of decreasing performance upon heat up. You can still wait for the other's opinion.

 

Thank you for your response, that is what I thought as well. Thank You yupitchie.