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    z71v issues

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ineedalaptop, Jul 23, 2005.

  1. ineedalaptop

    ineedalaptop Notebook Enthusiast

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    1) i just got done playing BF2 when the machine did a reboot. now from posts i read before i heard of people blowing there vid card when they overclocked and this was a symptom. This is the first this has happened to me, the machine is about a month old. Is this a clear sign of my vid card being fried? I was playing while the machine was laying on a bed comforter, could this have blocked the fans and over heated my machine? could this have done permenant damage to my machine?

    2) I have looked high and low for a version of asus pc probe that is compatible with my system and cant find anything. When i install the software i have found it tells me it cant find the the files for my motherboard or something along those lines... i would really like to find out how hot my system is running. also what is considered average for my cpu temp? thanks in advance to the help.
     
    ineedalaptop, Jul 23, 2005
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    flaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    Since the CPU temp is ondie, it's okay for it to read as high as 70 degrees. Infact, P-M CPU's can handle up to 100 degrees before permanant damage, but I wouldn't recommend getting anywhere near that high. If you're CPU is pushing the high 70's or hit's 80, then you've got a serious heat problem. Also a comforter is a BAD IDEA since your GPU intake-ventilation is at the bottom of the laptop (and it's not that efficient since it has no fins, so all it can do is blow air past it, and with teh comforter it can't do that).

    Typically when parts get hot, i've found they result in either errors or a reboot. It doesn't mean you've permanantly damaged your laptop, it just means it got too hot for stability. The nvidia GPU's (from the GeForce Ti4200 and beyond) are suppose to have a dynamic underclock feature for the GPU when it gets too hot, so the game should have slowed down rather than rebooted, but I have a friend thats ti4200 never did that. I would assume the go6600 would have this safety as well.

    Anyway, i wouldn't worry about it burning out yet. Do a prime95 stability test for the CPU, otherwise just use the system and play games in well ventilated conditions and if it works fine, it probably is.
     
    flaxx, Jul 23, 2005
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