The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Newbie with N55SL issues

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by jimbro, Sep 27, 2012.

  1. jimbro

    jimbro Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hey

    Jim from Scotland here
    Just bought an N55SL-2019V with the Intel i7-2670QM CPU, 6GB RAM, GeForce 635M GPU, etc
    I was concerned it wouldn't match up after running a self build desktop(i7-2600K Sandybridge, 16GB RAM) but it's not bad at all and runs everything I throw at it.

    Now for the issue.
    I noticed the fan running quite a lot so I installed a couple of CPU temp monitors to keep an eye on things and found CPU temp running around the 90deg C mark under only 20% load(both monitors show the same)

    I bought a Coolermaster notepal cooler and it only drops it by a degree or so
    I contacted Asus to see if this is normal and they say RMA it.
    Now, if I have to, I will but I don't want to be without my laptop for up to 30 days then have to re-install all the software again, register it, etc,etc.

    I had a browse around and read about IE9 causing high CPU usage and heating so I installed Chrome to try out and it seems a bit better
    2-3% load = 58deg C
    Running 10 x YouTube windows takes it up to around 40-50% load and 85deg C

    TjMax is showing as 100 deg C and I've read of stable operations on these CPU's up to 110deg C

    Anyone else experienced these temps?
    I'm used to hammering a CPU on a desktop build and never going above 35 deg with all the cooling available

    Are laptops that different?
     
    jimbro, Sep 27, 2012
    #1
  2. jimbro

    jimbro Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    A wee update

    It seems IE9(and associated addons) are a known cause of high CPU load(and therefore temps) so

    I've installed Chrome
    Found the power scheme was set for high performance so I've changed it to a balanced scheme.

    Already there is a big difference.
    Idle temps with around 3% CPU load, temp sits at around 47deg C

    With multiple browser windows(Chrome) running Youtube vids, CPU load gets to around 40% and temp around 80deg C

    This is a LOT lower than I get with IE9 so I'm gonna stick with it and monitor it for a bit.


     
    jimbro, Sep 27, 2012
    #2