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    GV51VX fan probs?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by TRU, Oct 10, 2010.

  1. TRU

    TRU Notebook Enthusiast

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    ive read on the forums about fans not turning on till the comp is about to do a thermal shutdown, but im the opposite. my fan won't shut off :confused: . worked fine in vista hp 64 but when i upgraded to 7 pro 64 i hit this prob.

    love the laptop, but i havent had it for 4 days yet, dont want to already have to rma it :mad:

    did i mention that i haven't played a game on it and the highest temp is 47c @ 72% load? :eek:

    (btw its a G51VS-RX05 :) )
     
    TRU, Oct 10, 2010
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  2. micman

    micman Notebook Evangelist

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    I started a thread on this a long time ago: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/501830-g51vx-sound-only-works-after-sleep-fans-buggy.html

    Then another user also posted about his G51VX fan running like crazy: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/518861-fanspeed-g51vx-problem.html

    It didn't take very long to find these threads with a search, but I'll pretend those other two don't exist... :rolleyes:

    Anyway, I've never seen a fix and I don't have it with me to do any more testing. RMA is the only way to fix it that I know of.

    You could always try the cooling mod, or maybe undervolt your CPU or underclock your GPU:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/411871-asus-g51-cooling-mod.html
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/401345-optimization-guide-asus-g51.html
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/505552-asus-g51vx-overheating-fixed.html

    Best of luck.
     
    micman, Oct 11, 2010
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  3. H-street

    H-street Notebook Guru

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    what driver are you using?


    get GPU-Z and see if your downclocking when you are suppose to be..

    i had an issue where the gpu wouldn't downclock when using the nvidia drivers.. i had to use the Asus drivers to get it to work correctly.
     
    H-street, Oct 11, 2010
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  4. TRU

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    yes that maybe the prob. i updated with vid drivers from nvidia.

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    TRU, Oct 13, 2010
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    changed drivers. no difference. wondering though, since theres a new G51VX model is the download page giving me drivers for the new model? i have the asus rec cd for vista was thinking of loading drivers from there then running an update driver, but i don't want to make things worse
     
    TRU, Oct 13, 2010
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