ATK from microsoft windos update... how to remove it ?

This is bugging me to death as i think the driver for ATK that is from win vista update is making my machine overheat without a doubt.. i want to install Asus's but it just won't let me. it says that the driver's already installed is better... which by the way it older than the one from asus's website. I tried to removed the file ATKACPI.sys from windows\system32\drivers folder.. but when it restart it just installs the driver again and not letting me chose "browse" option. How can force the driver install ? is the .sys file located somewhere else other than that folder ? thank you

 

how are you sure that this is what is causing the overheating?

 

You could always just do a clear format/recovery. If you install the ASUS drivers, then windows update will not offer ACPI drivers anymore. (Unless you specify otherwise)

It is unlikely that ACPI drivers are causing overheating though imho.

 

ok this is a bit confusing now.. i've just reinstalled vista with sp1 , clean install ... installed video card driver , ricoh card reader and webcam drivers. Now i installed the acpi from asus website , which the driver dates to 12/14/2006 , (can someone compare to yours ? TIA), the laptop is now fine.. but before this i had washed my fan + heatsink. I also cleaned all the thermal paste in there and appliced a thin slice of artic 5 on both video card and cpu. The pc run around 60C when doing internet browsing. I had also run a test of prime 25 with a video stress test for about 2 hours straight.. it didnt pass 75C ... i put the pc to standby mode... i went to school.. now about 3 hours later i came back to resume it.. the pc starts rapidly cool at 39C ... fine.. it climbs to 40 , 50 , 60,70, 82C .. and the fan wouldn't kick in .. *** ??????????? so i just shut it down and i knew it was going to overheat... what is my problem ?? i'm goign nuts !

 

well, a big part of the factors that determine your temps are your environment.

If in the morning you had the AC on, for example, and in the afternoon it was warmer, your PC will be warmer.

Also, make sure you always have your laptop on a solid surface. Wood seems to be the best, but as long as its not on anything soft you should be ok.

Also, keep the back of your machine propped up like on an old textbook or something. That'll make your machine 5-10C lower than if it was laying flat on its rubber pads.

Yours does seem to run a bit hotter than most G1S though, so call ASUS and have that baby replaced. Their turnaround time in the US is good (as low as 6 days for some).

 

Wrong or incomplete ATK drivers causing the computer to overheat is perfectly understandable, because ATK drivers take care of power management; faulty power management may cause the fan to stop from kicking in.

metaltyphoon, I don't follow your last post exactly. Does the computer still overheat after the reinstall, or not? If yes, then your fan may be physically malfunctioning.