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    Laptop Asus n56vz heating

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hypnofairy17, Sep 15, 2013.

  1. hypnofairy17

    hypnofairy17 Newbie

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    Hello,
    I gave my laptop for win8 activation, service center guys changed motherboard and gave me laptop back. However, i figured a heating. For 10 minutes of playing Skyrim, the max temperature was about 98 degrees. Service center guys keep telling it is ok, but im not sure. Stress test gave 100 degrees result. So, is it ok?
    Thnx for further replies.
     
    hypnofairy17, Sep 15, 2013
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  2. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    It seems a little bit high - but it is actually normal, like they say. And you should hit a high temp very quickly - that's the way the cooling array works. What happens is that the passive throttle is triggered at 95 degrees. This is around where the heatsinks work best, and it should normally cause the processor to remain between 85-90 and 95 degrees. Even if the cpu can stil rise towards the hardware maximum level (105 degrees) - no throttle is stopping that completely..

    But only way for me to manage to get the processor to 100 degrees is to run a stress-test that recycle cache-hits for computations. This doesn't happen in any normal application. So if you hit 100 degrees in Skyrim, and the temp doesn't also drop towards 95 and so on, then it's probably going to be about time to replace the cooling goop (or send it in) relatively soon. Because getting that high temps is going to cause problems sooner or later anyway.

    It sounds strange, though. But 95 degrees on sustained full load on this processor is actually a bit low. Most laptops with the same processor are throttled heavily to avoid hitting the hardware limit.

    And the support guys all round are instructed to say that anything below the hardware limit (105 degrees Celcius) is "normal". Basically to avoid having to replace every single laptop where the cooling doesn't function perfectly. And that doesn't happen all that often on a laptop where they mount the cpu and gpu with conductive tape instead of actual goop. Often that this cooling tape gets bubbles instead of settling normally, for example. I'd be guessing you'd be looking at 80% returns, just in the first round, if they wanted to be on the safe side :)
     
    nipsen, Sep 15, 2013
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