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    High temps on Gateway FX P7805u

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by pizzahutmaster, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. pizzahutmaster

    pizzahutmaster Notebook Guru

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    I've noticed that when I am gaming sometimes I'll start to get lower Frames out of nowhere.
    So I checked my temps and "ACPI" is at 98 celcius but then it jumps down to like 74 after closing a game. All my other temps for CPU, GPU, and hard drive seem reasonable.
    Is this an error that could cause GPU underclocking or something?
    is there a way to fix this?
     
    pizzahutmaster, Oct 27, 2009
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  2. strife1013

    strife1013 Notebook Evangelist

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    it can be dust bunnies, take canned air to the vents and clean it out. Maybe a notebook cooler may help as well. Also maybe adding new thermal paste to the chipset and cpu should drop those temps, ohh and dont forget to undervolt the cpu. I do all of those and I have fairly cool temps, I will apply new thermal paste when my new cpu gets here.
     
    strife1013, Oct 28, 2009
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    You should use RMClock Utility to undervoltage your CPU, and clean dust on cooler too ^^
     
    TnG2903, Oct 28, 2009
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    That sounds like dust has formed around the fan system. You need to follow one of the guides on here and open her up and take a look.
    There is a lot of good information online about how to do this including pictures if you search here and through google.
     
    xarthos, Oct 28, 2009
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    My cpu is undervolted to .93V and is stable. CPU temps run on normal tasks 90-100F and up to 120s (I think) gaming and thats the P8400 not the T9900 as I'm waiting for it to come.
     
    strife1013, Oct 28, 2009
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    Ok thanks guys.
    I was wondering because I think I had read somewhere that there was an error/glitch with one of the ACPI sensors in this model laptop.
    I'll probably clean the inside this weekend and hopefully everything will be better.
    I was thinking of applying new thermal paste probably ICD7 (I've read its very good)
    As for under clocking I've read guides but I just haven't really tried to go through the whole process.
     
    pizzahutmaster, Oct 28, 2009
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    The undervolting is easy, just follow the steps and you should see a big drop in temps.
     
    strife1013, Oct 28, 2009
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    lulwat? my friend's macbook gets to 158 degrees fahrenheit easy just playing flash games... with a cooler
     
    JabbadaGriffin, Oct 29, 2009
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