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    9600m GT Burned after playing Batman AA!!!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by rumdumdum, Sep 16, 2009.

  1. rumdumdum

    rumdumdum Newbie

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    Hi Lads,

    A while ego got the Bat game and installed the new nvidia drivers for Win 7... After 10 min of playing the laptop just turned of and made sparking noises. Acer just told me that the GPU is fried. When I'm getting it back after repairs I'll leave the game running for 8 hours... :D

    Anyone had problems with 9600m GT(Acer Aspire 6935G) and Batman AA or other demanding games???

    Thanks

    PS. Laptop was on a table and had good ventilation and GPU wasn't overclocked !!!
     
    rumdumdum, Sep 16, 2009
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  2. nacr05

    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    Have you been monitoring temps before and after games?? What was your hottest temp that you remember??
     
    nacr05, Sep 16, 2009
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  3. rumdumdum

    rumdumdum Newbie

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    I think they were around 68 and 72 when I played other games... but B:AA looked fantastic on the machine a lot better than the PS3's one...

    Thanks
     
    rumdumdum, Sep 16, 2009
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  4. Kallogan

    Kallogan Notebook Deity

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    Nope. No problem but i undervolted both gpu and cpu so...
     
    Kallogan, Sep 16, 2009
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  5. notebooker-hp

    notebooker-hp Notebook Consultant

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    kallagon or anybody,

    i red that gpu is not undervoltable

    there was a topic and some one said that it is not undervoltable and everyone agreed.

    i got a 8600m gs gpu and am i able to undervolt it?please help if gpu's are undervoltable.
     
    notebooker-hp, Sep 16, 2009
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  6. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Obviously, something was seriously wrong with your laptop. Simply just because your GPU overheated would not cause it to sizzle and die, it would just normally underclock itself under those circumstances or shut itself off to prevent damage.
     
    usapatriot, Sep 16, 2009
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  7. ettornio

    ettornio Notebook Deity

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    Did you clean out your laptop regularly? Not doing so causes dust to pile up and clog vents.
     
    ettornio, Sep 16, 2009
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  8. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    What usapatriot says is completely true. Not only is the GPU not supposed to overheat in the first place by design, but if it is the case that the computer hasn't been maintained with proper cleaning, then the system should have at least downclocked the GPU.
     
    Bog, Sep 16, 2009
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  9. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    unless...... the OP used a bios setting or third-party utility to disable heat-related down-clocking.
     
    newsposter, Sep 16, 2009
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