Asus g73 extreme heat

Hey dear forum,

I've got my g73 since almost 3 months and it's been 3-4 weeks I am experiencing heat but not too much. This week, it's horrible. I play starcraft 2 and after 5 minutes i get 110C and a nice shutdown. Before, I could play hours and hours of any game without any shutdown, but I know the temps were reaching 100C. I am think about the thermal paste solution but anyway, I just wanted to talk about it here before.

So right now, I overheat after a few minutes in SC2, Fear 2 I never fishished the demo, other games well I never really had problems except Gears of War today (Never had any before so might be worse now with every game). My idle temps are aout 75C-80C. Is it like this for many g73? What should I do? Because it's pissing me off and willing to do something about it this weekend. Also, I don't want it to be long because this is my studying laptop (I need it everyday at school).

Btw, I'm on bios 211 and it changed nothing

Thank you

 

Looks like you need to repaste or RMA it.

 

those idle temps are extremely high, most people max out in the 80s during gameplay. my 260m maxes in gameplay around 94 and thats on a g71 with a way worse cooling setup than the 73.

this is why i went with the JW instead of the JH.

you either need to have you gpu repasted or in such extreme cases as yours i'd rma it.

 

A lot of people actually max near 90. Whether thats 89 or 92.. if you read the relevant thread, you'll find the temps are all near that. Though, some people have got theirs running at 98, others at 82.

 

Have you taken a can of air and blown out the vents? If you have not then try this as it does not take very much to block the air flow.

 

Thanks guys,

Well yeah I took a look to others temps but I needed to be answered for my own case. I don't want to RMA it because I need my computer, so I really want to repaste... just hoping it will fix it! (Is it possible that the paste is just really horrible or it's really the graphic card that has a problem?) Well like I said, my temps are high and now it's just really worse (In sc2) but when I play other games like Cataclysm or trackmania or idk... I'm arround 88C. For the vents, I am gonna do this right now but my laptop isn't old and is still shiny, it does not seem to have dust in vents. And also, I am using stock drivers but I saw there's a fix to GSOD so gonna try it and will try updating drivers.

To repaste, any tips? I'm studying to be a technician, so just saying I think I can handle it, but I want to know if it's pretty easy with a g73 or we can crap it easily... Maybe if I open it I will be able to repair my keyboard corner problem XD

 

Wow! I just flashed my vbios.... my idle temps are now 65-67 I am so happy right now! I will try 10.8 driver right now!

Just one thing, says the core clock is now 405 and not 700.... normal? that's why its less hot?

 

That is because you power setup is down clocking you GPU, it will go to full speed when you start a program or game that uses the video.

This is normal!

 

On blowing out the vents.
When your computer is running it will build up lent on the fan blades. And it will collect inside. You will be surprised at how much dust can be in the unit after running for weeks. When you blow it out you will see a cloud come out from the vents.
Check it out and see!
This is one of the main things I run into when helping someone with there systems.
They get dirty and it is not seen so it causes heat issues. This is in a house where no one smokes . If you have someone that smokes then you will see big build ups on the fan blades. This is caused by static Elec, and humidity .
Anyway think about it, and when you get a chance blow it out with a can of air.

 

Yeah I'm going for it right now. My last laptop when I had to open it someday, I cleaned the fan and there was 3 times the vent volume in dust. Anyway, with the new vbios, I went in my last starcraft 2 replays where I had overheats and my max now is 94C. It stays on 90-91 and about once per 25 minutes it goes to 93-93 and comes back to 90. Not so bad... I was getting 110C in 35 minutes just before vbios.

 

Don't bother having Asus repaste it. My temps are worse now after they did it to mine.
Earlier I said the temps were better, but then I realized that the card is downclocked because of the vbios. I'm idling 2C cooler underclocked then when I idled at stock speeds before I sent it in. Before I sent it in, with the other beta vbios, I was idling in the mid to low 50's.

 

Hi there!
This week my idle was 79C, after vbios (downclock) was 65C-69C and now after a vacum shot (could be way better but still good) I'm getting 57C-63C!
I am really happy with this and can't wait to try it in starcraft 2!

 

If that doesn't work order some IC Diamond 7 and repaste yourself. It is not that hard if you can follow instructions, be patient, and are careful. When I bought my G73, furmark did over 100c. Now repasted I am at 83-85c. Games are under 80c.

 

Instructions? Well I never did a repaste, but I had to open laptops before... This one just scares me because I will suicide if I break something... I watched the video to open the g73, but still scared a bit If anybody haves advices, feel free to gives some!

 

First you need to get some Innovative Cooling Diamond 7. I got mine from frozencpu.com. I think I paid 10.99 shipped, maybe you can find a better deal. It costs 6.99 but shipping is $4. Then you'll need a screw driver (a magnetic head helps with not loosing the screws. Also two sets of tweezers. A digital camera to take photos so you remember where stuff goes. And a second computer to watch the instructions on and get help if you need it. Watch the you tube video one minute at a time and go slow. Read the post below by Gorwell, his pictures are excellent are VERY helpful. Use the tweezers to open little latches and don't pull anything that resists pulling (the speaker cable looks terribly easy to break). It took me about 3 hours but I had zero problems. Go step by step until the computer is apart. Then remove the heatsink, clean it with alcohol and lint free cloth (I had medical grade alcohol preps). Then apply a pea sized amount of IDC7 on the GPU center. Then put everything back together. My temps dropped 6-7 degrees C. Yours will probably drop more since your stock paste sounds worse than mine (mine was actually pretty good). I can post my pics on Sunday if you want them.

YouTube - Asus G73Jh & g73jw Disassembly Take Apart G73 Replace Video Card G73 g73jw service manual

Gorwell's excellent tips on how not to damage your speaker cable
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...11600-my-repaste-experience-pics-success.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...475907-asus-g73-series-disassembly-guide.html

 

Thank you! I will see what I can do about it ^^

 

Is there anything I need to know about the keyboard when we take it off? Theres tape or Idk... and I guess we can break it easily? Anyway, well my keyboard keeps lifting off and I always have to press if back down, I guess I could fix that..

 

Your idle should be in the mid 40s.

 

You use a thin screw driver to pop the 5 tabs on the top of the keyboard like in the BTO youtube video. Then slowly left the keyboard up. Peel up at the base where the tape is you don't bend the keyboard. My keyboard was already removed by Asus during my RMA, so the tape was not very sticky. I got it up without damaging it and it went back on perfectly (I cannot even tell I removed it). If you go slow and peel from the base you should be fine.

 

IC Diamond 7 is available from SVC.com for $6.99 with free shipping. Took four days to get mine from California to Florida. Might as well save the shipping costs!

 

Where were you when I paid $11 shipped? At least now I now where to get more, thanks!

 

For my little keyboard problem, if I just put an other piece of tape it should be fine?

 

My temps in furmark hit 99C steady, this warrant a repaste or no? Can the GPU hitting a high heaht create artifacts?

 

99C too high.. repaste time

 

ugh will have to come after mid terms....

 

My G71 maxes around 85c ( with a 500/800/1350 OC) But it looks like the VBios update fixed it for you.

 

Mine was having the same issue, one week was fine, the next the thing was burning itself up... I went ahead and repasted the GPU, that helped a lot, and to really dust off the vents and the heat sinks you need to disassemble in order to do it right.

I been running on Bios 2.11 which is quite demanding on the fans so I knew I was time to repaste.

 

How do you guys supposed we should clean the vents with compressed air? Should we blow the air into the back vents or is there a way to blow it from somewhere else so that the junk comes outta the vents?

 

thats the thing about it, if you blow it from the back all you do is send the dust inside the machine, thats why its better to disassemble it, which will make it way easier to clean... (not to count how difficult it is to disassemble the unit).