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    Gateway P 6831 High Temps

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by mlgposer, Jun 27, 2009.

  1. mlgposer

    mlgposer Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I guess my laptop has some pretty dam high temps for example while not charging on high performance it gets into the 80s why is it doing this? I keep it clean air spray ever two weeks? maybe its the area I'm playing it in?

    Plus I used to be able to play on high performance with out lock ups while charging but not anymore why? should I upgrade from the stock cpu or something? All help would be great.
     
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    Have you tried raising the laptop or a cooler? What is the ambient temp in the room?
     
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    Im going to try elevating it and dust clean it tomorrow.. Plus the room temp is unknown actually.. I usually open the window to let air flow through out the room... but the room temp is the average temp of any room.

    Ill post the hardware monitor tests tomorrow.
     
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    Get a T9300 which seems to be most optimal for price/performance/cooling.... Ive had one for almost a year now and its a great investment........You can check other sites though even Ebay to get a much better deal....
     
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    Her are the new temps after a dust cleaning and playing on it while elevated from the back mid by a small book.

    And Ill add the game I play was stated by the devs it is very cpu demanding than anything else I guess so the temps you are seeing might be normal I guess.

    This is on high performance also.
     

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    ..Sorry for all these questions but I want to be sure on all of this.. Where is the GPU located on the FX laptops? near the vents or is next to the heat sink so I have to remove the keyboard or something?
     
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    To get to the GPU you have to disassemble the entire laptop. Its one of the few componets that arent accessable by the end user easily.
     
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    Ok thx about the gpu question

    Temps seem very nice now, but I might buy a cooling system so I dont have a book elevating it all the time.
     
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