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    Heating issues?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Marsovac, Dec 28, 2010.

  1. Marsovac

    Marsovac Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    I have some questions regarding what I suspect to be heating issues. I have G50v-A2 with T9400 and 9700M GT video card. I sued to play COD MW 2 on extra and 1600x1050 resolution ad everything was good. Now, when I try to play it on those settings it runs good for 10 minutes and then starts to lag for 10 sec and it repeats the lagging sequence every 2-3 minutes. My Core temps are 85C and 80C and GPU is around 104C.HDD are around 45C.I just wanted to see what you guys think but to me,it seems it's time for some shipping back to ASUS for repairs? :confused:
    Thank you on your help!
     
    Marsovac, Dec 28, 2010
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Have you cleaned the exhaust vents recently?

    Pull open the lower chassis, use compressed air to blow out the dust animals from the radiator fins, and hold the fan in place with Qtip or something when you clean it so the blades don't spin with the air.

    Don't blow the air from outside the chassis into the notebook - this just spreads the dirt internally.
     
    ClearSkies, Dec 28, 2010
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  3. Marsovac

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    ClearSkies,

    thank you on a fast reply. I have cleaned it but it was still the same. Also the fun makes quite a noise when it works (not always but happens more often these days). I also tried running the game and the lowest possible settings including the resolution but the problem was still there.
    Any ideas?Are the Temps ok are they a bit high for this particular Notebook,if anyone knows maybe?
     
    Marsovac, Dec 28, 2010
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  4. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    Could be that the thermal grease might be applied improperly. I had the same issue with my laptop (in my sig) where I found out that a quarter of the CPU die area did not have any thermal grease.

    I had to re-apply ICD7 and everything was sorted out. (This may void your warranty if you have any left.)



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    ramgen, Dec 28, 2010
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  5. Solid71

    Solid71 Notebook Consultant

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    sounds like your fan may be going bad (or already has)
     
    Solid71, Dec 28, 2010
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    ickibar123 Notebook Consultant

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    The cooling system in that laptop should definitely be able to keep the 9700 cooler than 90C as long as the laptop is on a hard table or something (not a couch/bed).
    I have the 9800 in my G50vt (identical cooling system) which takes a tad more power but stays below 85 Celsius most of the time.

    Check condition of fan, heat sink mounting and grease.
     
    ickibar123, Dec 28, 2010
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