Temperature problems with Intel Core 2 Extreme X9100

I am having some heat problems with my X9100 CPU. Enough to return my notebook to the technical service of the vendor.

Withouth undervolting and with CPU throttling disabled I run the CPU stress test from Orthos. After only 15 seconds the temperature of the X9100 CPU already reaches 105° Celsius and 10 seconds later when the temperature gets higher than 110° Celsius my system just shuts down.

I have noticed these issues earlier whilst playing Enemy Territory Quake Wars because every few seconds my Frames per Seconds would drop from a steady 180 to below 30. The cause of this was the overheating CPU which in turn caused the CPU to throttle which ultimately leads to FPS lag.

I want to know from others who own the X9100 whether or not they have the same problem on their system. I just want to know whether this problem is specific to my CPU, the cooling used in my notebook or maybe wrongly used thermal compound or God knows what else.

I have contacted XXODD, a reseller for clevo-based notebooks in The Netherlands and apparently I am the only one who has bought a Clevo M570TU based notebook with the X9100 CPU.

Any feedback?

 

Yes thats enough grounds to send it back for repair.

Gaming notebooks arent supposed to overheat.

 

The X9000 has a much higher TDP than the other socket P santa rosa chips. 45 watts versus 34, so the X9000 will inherently run hotter.
If the high temperature shut downs have started just this week, than I would think that maybe the fan in your system is not working right, or some background process is forcing the cpu to run at a higher clock speed, resulting in more heat.
I would send it in for work if its under warranty,

K-TRON

 

My system only shuts down when I disable CPU throttling. But because of my system getting so hot while gaming it is constantly throttling the CPU so it would appear as if your CPU won't overheat thanks to all this throttling, and this can't be right because this throttling seriously negatively impacts the performance of the machine.

 

Your system is broken, I'm running mine at 3.5Ghz in a hot climate (35 + degrees everyday), the CPU only ever gets to 64 degrees at full load (Clevo M570TU).

 

You don't have the fans covered by anything do you?

Got any screens?

 

Nope I even tried with the notebook lifted a bit so the air could flow in. Even with undervolting it to 1.19 instead of 1.33 I still reach temperatures of 95° Celsius and higher under full stress. I have contacted the reseller (XXODD) and they are picking my notebook up on Tuesday to look at it.

 

have you tried the Fan Toggles?

Fn+1 for Max Speed or Auto (great for gaming)
Fn+3 for Medium Speed (for basic usage)

 

Since you say the temperature rises really quickly when under load, it sounds like there isn't good contact with the CPU and the heat sink. You could check it yourself, or send it back.

 

the CPU heatsink might need to be resecured.

 

N1MBL3, did you ever get your problem worked out? I'm having similar issues with my new X9100, and although it doesn't get quite as hot as yours, I'm getting up to 95C after a couple of minutes of full load. Is this normal?