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    Feels a bit hotter than before

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Blackluc, Jun 16, 2011.

  1. Blackluc

    Blackluc Notebook Consultant

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    I did my repaste a few weeks ago, like a few of you knows already. The thing is that my keyboard seems to be hotter than before. Could it be my disassembling? My repaste worked, so it's not than the problem. I guess it could be the thermal pad near the touchpad, but I was careful just to be sure it was still in place when reassembling. The ambient temperature is about 10C hotter than before (lol my gpu temps are way higher in hot days) so maybe that's the thing? Anyway, any ideas? I guess I'll check the thermal pad soon.
     
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    The PCH dumps some of it's heat through the keyboard so it will definitely feel hotter during hotter days. Of course some of the heat from the CPU and GPU go through the keyboard so th higher CPU and GPU temps contribute as well.
     
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    What's your idle CPU temps?
     
    Blackluc, Jun 17, 2011
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    I notice the main reason for heat through the keyboard is the GPU when under load. It is situated right beneath the mobo and panel and heat rises.

    My 720QM idles around 45-55oC over all 4 cores and reaches 65-75oC maximum and that is with my 166FSB 2ghz overclock but with ICD.

    Anything idling around 50-60oC and loading 70-85oC is normal. Maybe even higher depending on Ambient temps as the I7's do run hot.

    As Tijo said also check your PCH temps you can do this by using Hwinfo sensors.
     
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    Blackluc Notebook Consultant

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    I think there's something going on with my CPU, fan runs faster than before and I'm idling about 67ish (but it's really hot here, about 30C I hate summer loll). The strange thing is that where it's hot on my keyboard is where the GPU is and it gets hot in idle, even with my gpu being colder than before.
     
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    Are you sure you havent put the CPU in the GPU slot? :p

    67oC is nice and warm and remember the mobo is upside down so the cpu is to the north west of the keyboard centre and the left fan.
     
    Yiddo, Jun 17, 2011
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