Not Having A Problem With Fans Or Heat On P-78xx, Please Put Specs In This List

If you do not have issues with the fans running too much or pulsing or heating problems on your P-78xx laptop, then please quote this post and add your driver/bios/setup info in the list below. That is if you have no problem with CPU Heat/Fan and with GPU Heat/Fan.

There are plenty of threads with users experiencing this problem, but none of them have a solid, permanent fix listed. So instead of having a list of users expressing the same or similar issue, lets hear from the users who've never had a problem with this to start with and/or who had it, but have permanently (not temporarily fixed then it came back) gotten rid of it without having to down clock or in any way cut back on performance/graphics/heavy load or long consecutive hours sessions.

*edit* Please also, do not add to the list if you had to replace hardware or physically mod components to get rid of the heating or fan noise issue. Those would be extreme solutions and though they would work, they're beyond the scope of simple software configuration fixes.


Please Quote This Post & Add Your Specs To The List:

1. Had Heating and/or Fans On High/Pulsing/Noisy Issue (No or Had It But Got Rid Of It):
   
   
2. GPU:
   
   
3. GPU Driver Version:
   
   
4. CPU:
   
   
5. Chipset Driver Version:
   
   
6. BIOS Version:
   
   
7. Approx. Date Of Last Vent/Fan Cleaning (Dust Bunnies, Packed Dust):
   
   
8. Method Of Cleaning (Compressed Air Can Through Vent or Disassemble & Clean):
   
   
9. Applied Thermal Paste (Yes or No):
   
   
10. If Applied Thermal Paste, What Brand/Kind:
    
    
11. New Cooling/Fan System (Yes or No):
    
    
12. If New Cooling/Fan System, What Brand/Kind:
    
    
13. Raised Lap Top To Get Better Air Flow (Yes or No):
    
    
14. If Raised Lap Top, How So (book at back, aluminum foil taped on rubber legs, etc.):
    
    
15. Using A Cooling Pad (Yes or No):
    
    
16. If Using A Cooling Pad, What Brand/Kind?
    
    
17. If Using A Cooling Pad, Does Yours Actually Help Lower Heat & Keep Fan From Having To Spin So Much:
    
    
18. If Using A Cooling Pad, Does Yours Draw Air Away From The Vents Or Blow It Into The Vents:
    

Again, only fill out this list & post here if you do not have this heat or fan issue on your P-78xx laptop or got rid of the issue permanently. Please add your specs to the list above. It would be much appreciated. Thank you!

 

Someone, anyone, please? Is there any body who doesn't have a heat issue with their Gateway FX laptop? If it's you, please help out those of us who do have a problem with heat by filling out the list above. I figure instead of all of us with something broken trying to fix it, we can watch those of you without something broken and mimic the options you all have in common (Bios, drivers, etc.).

 

Before converting to the P79xx I had no issues, latest nVidia drivers, 9c.17.00 or 9c.23.00 bios, NC2000 cooler (blows air under the laptop). Compressed air about once per month both vents, x9100 and video overclocked with powermizer off. No GPU paste but ICD on CPU and NB.

 

Stock 7811FX, 9c.17 BIOS, 9.1.xxx chipset drivers, latest 275.33 WHQL mobile drivers, passive laptop stand (look up "Rolodex Laptop Stand" on someplace like Amazon) with a 120mm USB fan blowing from the side (unsure if this actually *helps*).

GPU gets up to ~60C at load, CPU's rarely flirted with 40 under load. GPU tends to idle/low-load around 40C, and the CPU right around or under 30. In the winter the CPU has gone well under 25.

I have never changed the thermal paste, and I give the vents a good blast of compressed air once every few months or so. I HAVE however gotten a "big plate" heatpipe assembly and intend on changing it out as well as IC7-ing while I'm in there.

 

Your temps sound good, why would you put in a big plate heatpipe assembly, unless you plan on overclocking or upgrading to a cpu or gpu that requires more heat management. I understand the IC7-ing though, maintenance.

Thanks for adding your info by the way!

 

I bought the "upgraded" heatpipe assembly because I have the first-generation style heatpipe assembly. I'm assuming the updated version manages thermals better.