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    Asus F5SL air intake

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by mobdestroyer, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. mobdestroyer

    mobdestroyer Newbie

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    My asus is running extremely hot. The CPU is @ (case) 70C and (core) 80C when idle and (core) goes over 100C when playing games. So today i opened the back end of my laptop to try to clean out the dust. But what I really saw was 2 pieces of black tape like stuff right infront of the air intakes.

    Bottom of laptop:
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    Bottom cover from the inside:
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    Should i remove these black things or are they there for a reason?
     
    mobdestroyer, Oct 28, 2009
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Leave them alone.

    The F5 series ships with multiple internal configs, and the tape is there to improve air intake paths and create a draft over the components.

    You should check the radiator fins and clean them out, along with the fan. I'll wager the former is pretty clogged up and causing your problem.
     
    ClearSkies, Oct 28, 2009
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    Doive Newbie

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    Apologies for dragging up an old thread, but I have a year old F5SL that runs quite warm also, although not as warm as the OP. At idle it sits around 60C, and gets up to 80C when doing something fairly strenuous. The cooling fins and fan itself are clean and dust free. The case fan is extremely noisy, to the point where I can no longer take it into meetings, as the noise is obtrusive. It has always been like this since I bought it new December 2008. The fan runs continuously, and gets even noisier above 67C when stage two take-off is initiated.

    I had a Dell 610 before this, which ran whisper quiet all the time. It spent four years being bounced around a construction site, and didn't let me down once. Since buying this laptop I have been astounded by the noise it makes, and all the bits that have either broken or fallen off - whoever said Asus made good laptops?? I can no longer download TV programmes overnight (BBC iplayer) as this thing just keeps me awake with it's constant droning. Has anybody managed to fit replacement quiet fans, or find a way of making it run cooler? I know I could buy a laptop cooler, but the whole point of a laptop was to keep it light and portable. Also, the battery on this bucket of bolts is lucky to last an hour, even with moderate web surfing. At worst it's all out of ideas in 40 minutes. I'm rather fed up with it and wish I'd kept my reliable old Dell. Any help would be much appreciated, before it gets lobbed out of a third story window.
     
    Doive, Mar 3, 2010
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