High temperatures after applying thermal compound (Asus g50vt-x1)

Hey guys, I'm using an Asus G50vt-X1 with the standard processor and gpu.

I'm guessing that I might have applied too little thermal compound on my GPU (and maybe the CPU), but the readings I get from HWMonitor tell me that my GPU goes up to 100°C (BAD) and the Cpu to around (54 which is usually not that high).

I am using the OCZ Ultra Silver Thermal Compound (calm down, I know it's older, but it was the only one I had at the moment).

I used a rice-grain amount of the compound and spread it flat with a credit card right on top of the GPU die and CPU die. Quite honestly, I thought that was about enough because of the size of the shiny dies: pretty damn small.

Anyway, suggestions? aside from buying new compound (I'll buy some IC7D). Is my method alright? Should I just be waiting for it to settle (100° is pretty DAMN high for a settling temperature)? Did I do it wrong? Or is my compound just too old (~3 years, but is that possible?)

BTW I am running at low clocks with a temperature 81°C, that's how my notebook is surviving.

 

I have that exact model and am going to apply new compound also. Did you put it on the chipset, CPU, and GPU? I was wondering cause i was reading somwhere else about a large gap on the chipset so i was wondering if it made contact. What were the temperatures before? Because mine have been at 110 and that is not acceptable. Now they are at 103 because i cleaned out the dust but I am looking for a more permanent fix because that is still way too hot.

 

first of all, milo...wow, bravo. 789 is childsplay, but that avatar is just amazing!

now back to topic, I've been using the same 5G of AS5 since November of 2007, so i'd imagine your OCZ stuff is working properly, just a matter of proper application.

Did you make sure the heatsinks were seating properly? If you push down (gently!!!), does it budge, or feel like its pressing against the die firmly? I was told to check the for these same gaps, but found none, and am currently idling at 42C GPU/ 39C CPU on the clocks in my sig.

 

I'll have to check that, but now its down to 80°, more stable, but not ideal.

 

i had this same problem with my G51, the problem was the heatsink isn't totally flat, and with a very thin layer of compound, it doesn't make proper contact. I ended up having great success using MX-3 and running a bead down the length of the die, letting the heatsink spread as needed.

MX-3 is non-conductive, so this method works well, and my temps were quite a bit better after this technique.

Using a silver compound, I'd spread it like you did, just thicker so that it fully contacts the die and heatsink.

 

Hey guys, just updating this thread:

After awhile, it turns out the oil on the fan bearing started to lose its slick, causing the fan to either not run at all or spin very ineffectively. One day the temperatures skyrocketed to 140°C to 221 and I was like "HELL NO". After a bit of toying around (and noticed that while using my finger to spin the fan it didn't really turn that much), I applied WD-40 on the spindle/fan bearing and lo and behold its spinning ever so nicely.

Idling at 72° C, not incredible, but definitely an improvement from the usual 83 C.

But of course gaming brings it up to 102 C

Maybe its the new paste I had to re-apply after taking it off, we'll see.

 

my G50vt-a1 has been behaving badly, idle temp was 70 C, in certain games it quickly reached 106C so the game would drop to 5 fps to save the GPU

I took off the backplate, blew in the vent a couple times, cleared the small pieces of dust bunnies, re-installed the best driver (179.28) and somehow, idle temp is now around 55C, and it tops 85C in the same game, no more overheating...

It wasn't that bad inside, at least i couldn't find that much dust, maybe there was something wrong with the driver (i tested a couple new version but I always ended up re-installing this old piece after cleaning up with DriverSweeper), but now all is great.

 

How is 179.28 is the best driver? Just wondering, have there been tests? I'm usually all for the intuitive, higher version # = usually better.

 

well, i've been testing several different versions, but somehow i always ran into issues with newer drivers.

179.28 runs better whether i play games or watch streaming videos

180+ drivers perform really badly when it comes to streaming videos, YouTube/Megaupload/Youku/etc videos keep stuttering in fullscreen mode, there is some distortion in the sound, as if the GPU couldn't handle them

195+ drivers dramatically increase idle and max temperatures, at least by 20C degrees (I will test this again today, maybe something went wrong a couple weeks ago and somehow this setting stayed with me)

Once again, I always use DriverSweeper, so there shouldn't be any issues with reinstalling certain drivers. However, after cleaning out the laptop and reinstalling 179.28 again, my temps are back to the normal level, I'll test the most recent version to see whether this was a driver issue.

 

this is interesting: so far so good, with the most recent driver (257.21)

it seems that cleaning the tiny little dustbunnies was the most important step, now i have much better temps when it comes to the 9800M GS

idle is 55-60C, max is around 86C (it used to be 106C)

I'm really surprised, because the fan wasn't that dusty, i removed maybe 2 or 3 dustbunnies, then re-installed 179.28 and the temps dropped by 20-30C and it's the same with 257.21

 

If you really wanted to find out if it were the drivers: you could try going back to the 19x.xx versions, but that's only if you're really interested.

I'm going to try the newest drivers also, to see if the temperature will be a bit more stable (it went ahead and got hot again).