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    Asus A8J/W3J temperatures

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by zydus, May 24, 2006.

  1. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    Could people please post their idle and gaming :S cpu/hdd temperatures so maybe we could compare and see differences based on certain settings/software etc.

    I am idling cpu: 48 - 51
    in use cpu: 58 - 62
     
    zydus, May 24, 2006
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  2. BuddieGuy

    BuddieGuy Notebook Geek

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    when I get my A8Jm this weekend I'll post my temps, but first I'll need to know how it's done. Do you have a temperature utility that runs in the background during games/idle? You must. Could you show us how to keep track of the system temps during use? I only know how to see CPU temperatures through the BIOS and that's not very useful since the CPU is doing nothing!
     
    BuddieGuy, May 25, 2006
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  3. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Try Notebook Hardware Control (previously Centrino Hardware Control)
     
    Darrick, May 25, 2006
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  4. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Since I have both units besides me, I'll do that :)
     
    coriolis, May 25, 2006
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  5. BuddieGuy

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    Good thing you're rich! :D
     
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  6. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not even....

    I wish :)
     
    coriolis, May 25, 2006
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  7. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm using it on A/C, just posting here, temp is at 56-59 degrees
     
    coriolis, May 25, 2006
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  8. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm so its running cooler than mine, cori ur using NHC ?
     
    zydus, May 25, 2006
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    Yeap, just installed it.

    Idling, it was at 52-56. I was checking out the LG S1 that time ;)
     
    coriolis, May 25, 2006
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  10. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    ok so my idle temps are lower, and under load seem higher, unless nbprobe is giving me wrong info lemme install nhc. Just played counterstrike source, fan went up to 3700rpm with cpu temp at 58 - 63. GPU at 59 on Balanced setting and 62 on High performance setting all on AC with pwr4gear set at Game
     
    zydus, May 25, 2006
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  11. Darrick

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    Hey guys... maybe I'm doing something different here.. but I was surfing, playing DVD, doing some software installs etc, and the temp in NHC never went over 51 C....

    Idle seems to be < 49 C. Are we talking gaming and putting the CPU to the max or something ?
     
    Darrick, May 25, 2006
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  12. zydus

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    yeah gaming or 3dmark and making cpu run at 100% load
     
    zydus, May 25, 2006
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    ah ok.. sorry.. will test that...
     
    Darrick, May 25, 2006
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    Just did 3dMark06 ... CPU temp at 56C
     
    Darrick, May 25, 2006
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    Thanks so mine seem to be getting warmer, could be location its next to window, ill move it to a cooler location lets see :)
     
    zydus, May 25, 2006
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  16. Darrick

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    Hey Zydus.. actually.. I ran PcMark 05, and my temperature maxed out at about 63C nearing the end there with 100% CPU Load.

    Scored 4134 PCMarks... what's everybody elses?
     
    Darrick, May 28, 2006
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  17. zydus

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    hey, thanks for that, i have been hitting a max of 63 myself recently and was fretting about it being too hot. I dont have pcmark lemme download and run and then ill post my score.

    Darrick could you tell me ur hdd temp as well? Mine maxes out at 40 and i believe that is a good temp for the hdd to be at.

    This baby runs coooooooooool :)
     
    zydus, May 28, 2006
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    yeah.. it's nice and quiet too.... I like :)

    HDD, I'll check it and let u know.

    I think 63 is ok for CPU, not too hot. I also got the Vantec Lapcool3 when I purchased this notebook, haven't used it yet. Should really test how much lower the temp is if I used it.
     
    Darrick, May 28, 2006
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    i ran pcmark but it says System suite must be selected and run to obtain PCMark score. WTF is that?
     
    zydus, May 28, 2006
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    Eh? I didn't have anything like that whatsoever... just asked me to install Windows Media Decoder 9 and some DirectX 9c stuff...

    Did you download PcMark 05 the Basic version? I'm just running the Basic one...
     
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  21. zydus

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    i got 4076 for my pcmark
     
    zydus, May 28, 2006
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  22. Darrick

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    Zydus: with your nVidia Quality & Performance set to High Performance?
     
    Darrick, May 28, 2006
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  23. zydus

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    yup i think it has more to do with current running processes and hdd condition, im sure mine is pretty fragmented as of rt now.
     
    zydus, May 29, 2006
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    For the A8Jm, does the palmrest feel warm after running these tests? In particular, is the left side warmer than the right side and vice versa? I noticed that the W3J's right palmrest is much warmer than the left side under load.
     
    homie, May 29, 2006
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  25. zydus

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    the palm rests remain cool. The left one gets slightly warm due to the hdd, but its not biggie
     
    zydus, May 29, 2006
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    Eh .. on mine it seems the right palmrest is warmer during extended use
     
    Darrick, May 29, 2006
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    I just got my w3j and Im wondering if anybody else is noticing the heat and if its normal. The fan always seems to be on even when idling. Will it ever be completely quiet? Is there some issue with Power4gear or something(I have it set on office mode) ? I tried to use speedfan and I think it detected the HDD as 49 degrees and something else as 60 degrees (I'm assuming it was the CPU) For idling I think this might be pretty hot.
    any help is appreciated
    thanks
    Dan
     
    earthdan, May 29, 2006
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    It's a 14" powerpacked gaming laptop. What did you expect, of course it runs hot.. My desktop runs even hotter and it has much more air flow. It's still amazingly designed, one year ago if you told me this laptop would exist, I'd tell you that you're crazy. It's amazing it doesn't burn through the motherboard.
     
    mystery, May 29, 2006
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