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    Asus g60vx GPU overheating

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ajm5000, Mar 21, 2012.

  1. ajm5000

    ajm5000 Newbie

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    Hi all,

    This is my first post and my laptop has been giving me some problems.

    Recently (past 2-4 months) my laptop has started to overheat. I've had this laptop since fall of 2009 (about 2 and a half years old). I've noticed that the temperatures in my GPU have become quite high.

    While idle, temps are (using SpeedFan):
    GPU- 91
    HDD-44
    sys- 60
    CPU- 47

    While in game, however, the GPU can reach temperatures of up to 110. When I was playing Mass Effect 3 earlier, the GPU was a 113.

    I cleaned the laptop of the dust (there wasn't much at all) and I have a basic cooling dock ( here).

    I haven't messed with any thermal paste stuff because I don't have any and I am really inexperienced with that stuff.
    Specs:
    4 GB RAM
    320 GB 7200 rpm
    GTX 260M - 1 GB DDR3
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz

    Can someone please help me? Are there any alternatives to re-pasting? I should also mention I still have the 3 year best buy warranty. Do they cover re-pasting?
    Thanks in advance!
     
    ajm5000, Mar 21, 2012
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  2. Srikar

    Srikar Notebook Evangelist

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    You're going to have to repaste. I tried Best Buy before and they told me it was too much of a liability for them to do it and they were going to send it off. I said screw that and did it myself. Really, the hardest part are all of the screws. Repasting is kind of hard to mess up. Just clean the die off with a high percentage alcohol, put a drop in the middle of the GPU, put heat sink back on, and you're done. Just make sure to touch some grounded metal before you start so you don't fry any hardware with static.
     
    Srikar, Mar 21, 2012
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