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    ATi 6990M running far too hot after reformatting.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Xion350, Oct 30, 2014.

  1. Xion350

    Xion350 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently reformatted my laptop to clear everything up again, but the GPU is running way too hot now. Even after I turned off all Aero effects. It never ran this hot before the reformat, topping out at maybe 90°C but now it idles at around 60-70, going up to 105°C playing games. Drivers should be the latest version. (Which admittedly, I did not update too often before the reformat.)
     
    Xion350, Oct 30, 2014
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  2. thesilent85

    thesilent85 Notebook Geek

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    you need to re paste "thermal paste" your ancient graphics card!
     
    thesilent85, Oct 31, 2014
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  3. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    Repaste and clean up your laptop of all possible dust.
    Once that is done, also try to look into undervolting the GPU (lowering the maximum operational voltage at load) in order to reduce the power draw and subsequently the temperatures (while leaving performance intact).

    Not sure what kind of a precedent exists for undervolting AMD gpu's, but I think it should be possible.
     
    Deks, Oct 31, 2014
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  4. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Clean vents, repaste with some nice thermal compound and get some new thermal pads on your GPU.. Nothing else you really can do...
     
    TomJGX, Nov 7, 2014
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