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    Need help with my G51VX-RX05!

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by bkchng, Jan 26, 2012.

  1. bkchng

    bkchng Newbie

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    Hi guys,
    I bought a G51VX-RX05 a year ago (C2D P7350, GeForce GTX 260m).
    It was running fine in graphically intensive games until a few months ago, when the frame rate began to drop to unplayable levels after a few seconds of gameplay.
    The obvious culprit is heat, and when I checked the temps on rivatuner, I was shocked to find that the temperature is 95 deg C at idle and shoots up to over 105 C during gameplay. There was no way I could change or monitor the fan speed in rivatuner (it just doesn't show up in the monitors).

    Could you guys suggest any solution to this? At this point, I'm not really worried about breaking the warranty (the warranty is over); I just want to be able to enjoy games on my laptop again.
    Many thanks for your help.
     
  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Time to get the air cans and dust that heatsink :p. That should fix your overheating problems.
     
  3. AndrewCP

    AndrewCP Notebook Consultant

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    Well I've sat on this problem for a few months. I decided to finally open up the laptop and remove the damn fan and unscrew it out. Proceeded to spray air in that entire shell and out the vents. Then I got some old paintbrushes (cheap kinds/watercolor ones work best) and spent a good amount of time cleaning the vents until it was as clean and spotless as I could get it.

    I had previously sprayed compressed air into the vents from the outside of the laptop and again numerous times and thought that would have solved it but I was wrong. Once I thoroughly cleaned it with a brush and put it back together (also had previously re-pasted CPU and GPU and did the copper and drill mod) my temperatures stayed at normal levels even with a slight GPU overclock.