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    Help! GPU temp of 8510p at 65 C at idle

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Kain, Jul 19, 2013.

  1. Kain

    Kain Notebook Evangelist

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    Few days ago, I came into the computer room at noticed my 8510p's fans at max speed. I checked the temps at the CPU was fine but the GPU was over 60 C! I restarted the computer and noticed it shut-down, turned on, shut-down, turned on, and kept doing it until I disconnected AC power and removed the battery for a while. Got it to turn on and enter Windows but the other day I was watching a YouTube video and it restarted on its own (and this was with the 60 C+ GPU temps).

    I recently cleaned the fans few months ago and everything was fine until now. I just opened it up again to check everything and everything seems normal. I am typing on it right now and the fan is blazing at max speed.

    Is the GPU done? Is it a virus? What should I do?

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    Kain, Jul 19, 2013
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  2. Kain

    Kain Notebook Evangelist

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    Bump! :(

    By the way, I don't think it is a virus as the GPU also overheats in the BIOS.
     
    Kain, Jul 29, 2013
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    something is wrong with the GPU heatsink contact. I'd open it, clean and repaste.
     
    Aikimox, Jul 29, 2013
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  4. Kain

    Kain Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for the reply! Any instructions as to how to do that or is it simple enough to figure out on your own? I do know how to open the laptop and clean the fan, but what about the GPU headsink?
     
    Kain, Jul 30, 2013
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    Follow this guide step by step. Let me know if you have any questions.

    From a quick glance it seems to be pretty straightforward. Remove the battery, keyboard, fan, and you are there. Page 64-65 explains how to remove the heatsink.
     
    Aikimox, Jul 30, 2013
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  7. Kain

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    Well I finally got around to cleaning and reapplying thermal paste and it seems it made no difference at all. I used Arctic Silver 5. Since this happened suddenly one day instead of gradually increasing temps over time, could it be a bad sensor or something?
     
    Kain, Nov 17, 2013
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    Maybe you need new heatsink. Heatpipes use some sort of gas insideto transfer heat from one end to another. They sometimes loose their thermal conductivity proporties. Since they are made of copper they still transfer heat but not efficient as before. You can test your heatpipe by using the lighter or candle to heat up one end. And the other part should get extreley hot, even unconfortable to hold in the matter of seconds 2-4. You can use hot tap water also depending of how hot you have - you want at least 50+ celsius on one end to make sure other side heats up fast enough.

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    darkydark, Nov 17, 2013
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