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    Very high APU idle temperature on Asus R500

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by grunnsat, Mar 28, 2013.

  1. grunnsat

    grunnsat Notebook Consultant

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    One of my friends bought a new Asus R500 Notebook a couple of weeks ago. It has a AMD A8-4500M APU. He noticed that the temperature of the APU is very high, even when he is hardly doing anything else than a bit of web browsing. The temperature of the APU normally is about 85° C. He complained about that to Asus, and Asus told him to send the notebook to a repair shop. After a few days the shop returned the notebook, and wrote in a note that this temperature is normal for this notebook.

    I can't believe that 85° C is normal for a APU that is almost idling. What do you think?
     
    grunnsat, Mar 28, 2013
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  2. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    It's high, even for max temps.
     
    nipsen, Mar 29, 2013
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Agreed. It's not enough to brick the system, but that's high even under load, considering the 35w TDP as well.
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 29, 2013
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