What to do about G1S overheating?

I just fell on a topic talking about how our 8600m GT GPUs had a chance of being faulty. My laptop runs about 83-89* C whether I'm on max performance or not. I don't know if that qualifies as a faulty GPU or not, since I'm reading about people idling theirs around 67 and one case of 55 with undervolting. I bought my G1s OB from newegg in January 08.

If my laptop is faulty, what do I need to do to send it in? I doubt I'm under warranty, since I bought OB and it's been a while since my purchase.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

If you're still under warranty, you should just call up Asus. Also, when was the last time you cleaned the fan and vents?

However, if there's no warranty, besides cleaning the fan and vents, you may want to replace the thermal paste on the GPU. Should help quite a bit.

 

I cleaned it when i added a stick of ram about 2 months ago. I'm not sure how to verifity if I'm still under warranty, if I ever was. I guess replacing my paste wouldnt be an issue if there was no warranty to void

 

I'm not sure how Asus warranty works though. Have you registered your laptop with Asus?

 

Asus may not require a warranty for the RMA. In my conversations with an admin at the US service center, he hinted at allowing such RMA's. Call and find out before you replace your paste which will void any chance of warranty replacement.

 

How did you clean it? I am just curious as I have a G1 and don't know how to get to the processor and fan

 

I haven't registered. I'll look into the RMA details as well, thanks for the input guys

 

well where you plug in the AC cord, underneath are two screws. I have a bluetooth module sticker on the panel
I popped it off and removed the silver thermal tape, and cleaned out the random bits of dust that i saw. Nothing too technical.

 

is that both for the processor and GPU fan? I think that's for the graphics card fan right

 

they use the same fan, from what i've researched. If you clean it you should see a drop in both temperatures

 

thanks I just opened it and cleaned the thing, turns out there's a lot of dust blocking it and now the temp goes back to normal again

 

sorry to bump this thread. but i guess its in topic with the OP' but im also having heat issues with my g1s . is aw someone drilled holes under thier gpu card cover. and was wondering if anyone knew wer i cud buy an extra gpu cover? i checked out asus e store and they had parts but no pictures so i wasnt sure which one to get. anyone got any idea which part it is or item on thier estore? thanks

 

dont bother messing with it, you'll only gain a non valid warranty

start sending it for warranty ASAP. they'll eventually replace the motherboard with the one from the G1Sn that has the problem free (fingers crossed) 9500m GS. i "think" i got mine the 3rd time around.

trust me on this one. the 8600m is a ticking bomb.

 

im already out of warranty so trying to know what options i have out there.

 

call anyway. they'll ask you for the serial number. when you give it to them and they tell you its out of warranty, they can oftentimes be haggled to cover widespread problems even tho its out of warranty.

make sure they understand that you're fully aware of the recent 8600m probelms

 

just called them right now. they said they wud have a look at it with no charge.but if there was a problem they would have to charge me for out of warranty service. i did mention about the 8600 problem and they rep said it woudnt make a diffrence coz nvdia didnt ask for any recalls. they sent me an email add with rma number. what do u guys think? most likely i think il get charged.