Asus G73 460m Heat problems, help appreciated.

Hi this is my first post here, im excited to be part of the community.
My G73 is running at around 50*C on idle and will hit 100*C when i use furmark.
I repasted the cpu and the Gpu with AS5 to no avail. I did notice the VRAM didnt have thermal pads,seems that Asus put paste on them, so I went ahead and used paste, was that a bad choice?
Any advice is very appreciated.

*Sorry if this is typed poorly im very tired, Im in the USMC so I work very long hours.

 

I'm pretty sure the Vram usually uses thermal pads, but as long as you have something with enough thermal conductivity between the ram and copper heat sink, the ram will be fine. As for the actual gpu die, the proper application of the paste is probably the most important factor (I did a quick test of different thermal pastes...there is a link in my signature with pictures that may help). Using any of the premium pastes will yield good results as long as they are applied correctly.



Don't worry if you think your post was written poorly from being tired because it wasn't. Besides, many of us are/were in the service and understand the long and tiresome hours. I'm still AD in the Navy. Stay safe and welcome to NBR.

 

What temps are you seeing after the repaste? AS5 has a curing time, but is non-conductive, so you should be fine on everything.

Edit: I read your post again, I'm guessing the temps you posted are after repaste? How long ago did you repaste it? Also... How's your GPU fan doing? I had to replace it in my G73.

 

I Used a credit card to smooth out the paste on the heatsink and the gpu die. Im wondering if my cleaning job was not sufficent i used 51% alochol and coffee filters. ? All old paste was off and they looked shiny. So you just put some in the middle of the die and X pattern? I did the same on my cpu and the temps are great.

SvoShark- Yes those are temps after repaste, I repasted it about 12 hours ago now. Fan seems fine. I did a little experiment, i turned on both a cpu stress test and a gpu stress test. Cpu was getting to 70*C and GPU to almost 100*C, but when i stuck my hand behind the computer to feel the fans the Cpu side felt hotter?? I think this is very odd.

 

*UPDATE*

I opened it back up to redo the thermal paste job and noticed where the fan connects to the heatsink at the exhaust had a piece of the tape stuck in between. fixed that and it helped by about 2*C. So its still way high. Im guessing im going to need to oped in up again..

 

I would recommend using the dot method instead of using a credit card to spread it out. When you do that there is a good chance a lot of tiny air bubbles are getting trapped in the paste. Also, you don't need to put any paste on the heat sink if it's already on the gpu because this will also trap air and trapped air will make your paste way less effective. Just place a rice sized grain of paste on the gpu, mount the copper heat sink and start tightening it in an X pattern.

 

I just finished doing it that way. Furmark temps are about 4*C better. Im at 96*C when using furmark. And while i play planetside 2 i get to 92*C. I noticed the fan doesnt kick up high until about 95*C, is there any way to modify my fan speed?

 

This isnt going to help you in anyway but im thinking of doing a repaste too as my normal temp for gpu at least also pegged at 92c during planetside 2. oddly enough it doesnt seem to matter if its oc'ed or not.

im just wondering what should the temperatures be at for a 740qm and 460m. not meaning to thread jack. it just saves me from posting another thread with a somewhat similar topic.

 

I have the 2630qm and i never go over 71*C while gaming and 35-40*c at idle.

 

I'm not super familiar with the Asus laptops and their fan profiles, but when I did my test with my Clevo laptop, it seemed that the fan profile was the determining factor in my max temps. For example, my fan profile would always kick into the highest observable gear at 89C and reduce speed at 86C (and then repeat itself). The cooling system was perfectly capable of keeping the temps below 89C, but continuously let the temp rise to 89C before dropping it to 86C. You may be able to modify fan profiles with third party applications or in the BIOS, but I wouldn't count on it. You could also replace the fan and see if it helps. Fans are cheap, but I know you are in the Marines and it may be difficult to get things shipped to you if you're deployed. If that's the case, send me a PM to see if I can help out. I'm in aviation and we fly all over the place.

 

I just got back CONUS not too long ago, so parts isnt an issue. Cool to hear you are in aviation, I am a huey and cobra mech. That seems to be the case with mine too and the fan blows hard, so im starting to wonder if thats just acceptable temp?

Ever around Camp Pendleton?

 

I'm not super familiar with the 460m so I don't know the expected temperatures, but I'd check to see what the temps are while gaming and if they aren't too high I wouldn't worry about it. Furmark is a demanding stress test and stresses the gpu more than gaming.

I've never been to Camp Pendleton, only to North Island. I'm stationed up in Washington now.