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    Is my z71V processor overheating?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by nukem2k5, Nov 13, 2005.

  1. nukem2k5

    nukem2k5 Newbie

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    I have a Pentium-M 760 (2.0ghz) CPU in my z71V and after playing World of Warcraft for about 6 hours it will usually freeze up. My mouse will still move but the game freezes. I can also alt-tab but notice that the computer, even after restarting WoW, runs a lot less smoothly.

    I may format it because it may be just some kind of spyware that I haven't been able to detect.

    My CPU runs around 68 celcius on full load and plugged into A/C power. Is this too high or is it expected?
     
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That's a signal....you are a MMORPG addict ;)


    It's not that surprising, anything under heavy load for such a long time will heat up drastically. How much RAM and HD space do you have left?

    Perhaps a laptop cooler may help

    edit: Earlier today, I hit 63 degrees after 4~ hours of WC3'ing.
     
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    I have a 60gb with about 20-30gb free, and 2 x 512mb DDR2-533 Mushkin dual-channeled RAM (1gb total).
     
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    aphirat Notebook Consultant

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    First, download Spybot Search and Destroy. Then scan you computer to delete all the junk. If it's still slow, goes into the start up config. You can access it by type in "msconfig" at Start>Run. The problem is cause by spyware taking over your available memory and preventing the window from dumping unused memory to make room for new data, which is why your computer only slow down after it has been on for a while. Good luck ^_^
     
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