ASUS G50V-A2 Heating Issues

Well I posted a few days ago about a crash problem with my Brand New Asus G50V-A2 and I think I have discovered the issue. It seems that my computer is getting too hot and is crashing about 10 min in. The heat sink off the processor seems to be putting out way WAY too much heat for a computer that is not being overclocked or even running a game. I have to now resend my computer in to Asus and have the thing replaced when I have had it less than a week. Factory Hardware defect is what I got for an answer. The worst part is I bought it from newegg and can't ask for my money back to buy a different model so now I have to suffer with this one and the be wary of the other issues I have heard about. I have also heard issues of keyboard lag and BIOS updates losing HDD's, HDD's stop working, and the scuffing of the screen when closing. I expected better from a company like ASUS than this. Anyone else with this crap of a laptop having these issues?

 

You probably get got the rare bad nut. I wouldn't generalize all G50Vs as bad just purely from one incident and stuff on forums. I've got a G50V-A1 and its holding up pretty well for the 4~5 months I've had it

Really, the only significant issue is the inability to simultaneously press some important set of buttons. Nothing major for me, maybe for pretty good fps players.

 

I've had mine for three weeks plus now and have not a single complaint except the lack of documentation on how to implement RAID - if I hadn't done it before on my Gateway I would never have figured it out. My G50 is actually one of the nicest laptops I've ever owned, the screen is a gem, the keyboard is excellent (have yet to discover those "missing" key combos) and of course the thing is blazing fast, all at a very reasonable price.

Often a CPU overheating problem in a new machine is caused by the misapplication of thermal paste. This is one of the rare cases where too much can be worse than too little; if somebody just glopped it on at the factory (or missed applying it altogether) you could have the exact symptoms you describe. It's regrettable and I totally understand your frustration but these are machines designed and assembled by human beings and as such are not objects of perfection.

I've bought four ASUS laptops over the past year and each has been as bug and problem free as any lappy I've ever owned (my first was a Tandy TRS-100). You'll get your G50 back soon, it'll be fixed, and you'll love it.

 

How hot is it getting? Maybe you have one of those unfortunate CPUs with a concave IHS

 

Its getting pretty hot, enough to make my hand too warm to keep by the heat sync, and thats without even playing games.

 

if the heatsink is hot, then i would say its doing its job. check your temperatures with CPU-Z and GPU-Z (or rmclock+rivatuner).

move back, right, and jump? (s + d + space)
not in cs:s or cod4... well, maybe cod4, but if you need to do that youre probably dead anyway.

 

If the computer is new and overheating I think the best way to go is either to return it or RMA it. Any thermal paste / improperly mounted heatsink problems would require warranty-voiding disassembly, and you should not do that on a new computer.