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    W3V Heating up like crazy

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by deviation, Mar 13, 2007.

  1. deviation

    deviation Notebook Guru

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    So i just took some temperature measurements using one of those laser thermometer things. Here are a few readings:

    Left Side of keyboard: 92 F
    Right Side : 101 F
    Right Palm Rest: 102 F
    Harddrive Cover on bottom: 108 F
    Plastic outside the vent where the heatsink is: 127 F!!!!!!


    is this thing gonna blow up on me?
     
    deviation, Mar 13, 2007
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you cleaned it lately? Perhaps dust accumulation clogged up the fan.

    Was this only recent that this started?
     
    coriolis, Mar 13, 2007
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    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    Considering it's a W3V, it's been around for a while... so I'd try taking coriolis's advice about cleaning the vents. If you know how to, reseating the CPU and cleaning up the heat sink/fan module also helps too... the thermal compound on the CPU gets all gunky after a while and can cause heat; it could also be running out, and your CPU might be making poor contact with the fan module... so adding some new thermal compound might help a bit too.
     
    AuroraS, Mar 13, 2007
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