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    My C90S really hates me...

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by JCMS, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. JCMS

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    I've been playing AoC since wednesday and unlike other games, since the CPU load is quite intensive, I didn't have to run folding@home to force the fans. The GPU would stay ~97C. But today, the game got a ~15FPS boost in Tortage (25~40 now where 12~28 before) but my temps are back crazily high. It was at 108C after 10 minutes...
     
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    that's lawsuit hot
     
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    I rebooted and now it's back at 96 and FPS boost left. WTF
     
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    What program can u use to force the fans? Whats is folding at home exactly
     
    Hank, Jun 7, 2008
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    Here . It forces CPU usage so my fans are running like crazy
     
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    I don't think running folding at home on laptops is a good idea, especially when laptop's cooling capacity is very limited.

    Folding at home, in my opinion, is the most CPU-intensive program out there for normal users, far surpasses Prime 95, Orthos, or even Intel's own CPU stressing program.
     
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    Folding@home is what actually cools down my laptop. The CPU never goes above 68 so it's no problem (certified @73.3)
     
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    :eek:

    Now THAT's very weird...
     
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  9. ViciousXUSMC

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    lol well its not weird if you understand the c90s and its crazy cooling system. The fans are only tied to cpu temps/usage from what we have been able to see and so if you have a really cool running cpu and a hot running gpu your in a bad situation.

    So the solution? (well one possible solution) make the cpu run hotter so the fans come on to cool the whole unit.
     
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    108C only? i hit 128C on my Z71v POS today...
     
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    Shouldn't you be able to adjust it with BIOS, or even ASUS NB Probe?
     
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    Nope, they are blocked. We can see the RPM in the Bios (although I doubt they are running a 72k RPM like it tells me) but that's all.

    I once hit 115C in guild wars in power saving mode

    But in AoC it stays at 96C now, I can even force the fans through enabling grass in the game lol. When I crank it up to the maximum, they run like in 3dmark cpu test lol
     
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    OPEN DA BACK LID and put it on a notebook cooler (ex Zalmen, Antec...)
     
    ilomse, Jun 8, 2008
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    I agree that it has a crazy cooling system, the cpu speed seems to be the thing that cuts the fans on. If you run something that starts the cpu running at full tilt, the fans cut on before it gets hot and keep it low. So running folding@home would naturally make the fans run at ludicrous speed and keep the cpu cool. The problem seems to be that the fans cant keep the gpu cool. This is stuff that R&D would have taken care of.... :rolleyes:

    Running guild wars in Power saver mode kept the fans silent and drove the temps into "whats that smell?" range.

    It would be nice if we could find a way to make the BIOS actually useful.
     
    Silentheero, Jun 9, 2008
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  15. ViciousXUSMC

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    Well even tho you should not have to mod a computer to make it work right my temps are very cool now with my mod & cooling pad combo.

    Maybe the next mod I should do is a grill plate to swap out with the keyboard, so next time you hit "whats the smell" mode, you know its a nice t-bone steak cookin up on your portable George Asus Forman grill!

    Oh yeah baby, I think I have to draw a concept up on this one.

    Success! - http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3463597#post3463597
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 9, 2008
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