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    Weird CPU/DiRt 2 Problem

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by PhnX, Nov 17, 2010.

  1. PhnX

    PhnX Notebook Evangelist

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    To keep it short, after I play and exit DiRt 2, my CPU temperatures reach an alarming 80+ degrees. I understand the game is rather heavy, and that these things could happen, but the problem is that the temps STAY like that. The computer idles in the high 70s/80s until the next restart. What could possibly be causing this? No other games do this. Would appreciate any insight.
     
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    Quagmire LXIX Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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    If it stays that way, open up task manager and find out your cpu usage and what process(s) are keeping it working.
    If there is nothing keeping the cpu juiced, you might be looking at a temp reading software conflict or something else.

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    Quagmire LXIX, Nov 18, 2010
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    My initial thoughts, however, I can hear the fans on the left side spinning like mad. HWMonitor, I think, is a pretty trusty software. I just tried it again, same freagen problem! I played Just Cause 2 for an hour yesterday, and the left fan didn't even start going off. Hmmm.

    Should temperatures in the 80s even be worrying me? It is CPU after all.
     
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    you should still be concerned. 90 is the zone where hardware damages begin.
    I would recommend you to tweak around the setting a bit and see if it has the same results

    I am also concerned about why the temperature stays even after the game is closed.
    Is the fan working properly? and is your model is JH or JW?
     
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    Model is JH, and the fan works properly for every game but this one. It's beyond weird. After DiRt 2 closes, the fan can still be heard on the CPU side but not the GPU. Like I said, it ONLY occurs with this game, and I've played / benched pretty much every game out there. What could possibly explain this? Currently idling 60 after half an hour of PES 2011.
     
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    For those of you experiencing this problem, I've found the solution. I have no explanation for this yet though. After exiting Dirt 2, your temps won't go down from 80 on CPU. Go to task manager and arrange by CPU usage. If you have AVG, one of its processes will be eating 30-40% of your CPU. End task that process and watch your CPU temps drop within 10 seconds. Weird how AVG acts up only with Dirt 2?
     
    PhnX, Nov 19, 2010
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