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    Is something wrong with my GPU?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ImYoungxD, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. ImYoungxD

    ImYoungxD Notebook Consultant

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    The fan is always on and it keeps going from low to medium speed. The idle temperature is 49C and i have 7805u. when i play crysis for an hour or two, the highest temp was 68C
     
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    No nothing wrong with your GPU. Its called (for lack of a better name) pulse cooling.

    In the 78xx series instead of a constant fan that would increase RPM's as needed gateway used a system that would use VERY low RPM's most of the time (for a very quite fan) but would then "pulse" up to very high RPM's to cool the machine quickly and then drop back down to the lower and quieter RPM's

    I assume the thought was to make an overall quieter notebook... but all it really acomplished was making it annoying. My 6860 has a constant very quiet hum while my cousins 7805 is almost dead silent... but on the other hand mine stays at a constant quiet hum and ever so ofter his WEEEEEEEEEEEE's and then goes back to almost dead silent.
    Over all its a noise you cant "get used to" and tone out like mine
     
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Or put it on a NC2000 and let the cooler keep it down at the lower 49C for you.............
     
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    i do have zalman nc2000. i blocked some of the holes to let most of the air into the GPU and its still on 49c idle. is that bad?
     
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