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    Underclocking th 8600m gs in a dv9700t cto

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DBR9, Jun 19, 2009.

  1. DBR9

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    I've recently gotten my whole system board replaced by HP repair because my 8600m gs failed after 1 year of use. Is there any way I could underclock my GPU? The idle temps seem pretty high (50c!). Are there any other ways to cool it down or to make the life the GPU longer? Are the replacment GPU's also faulty?

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    DBR9
     
    DBR9, Jun 19, 2009
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  2. hustheman

    hustheman Notebook Evangelist

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    50 degrees idle is pretty good temperature for a idle gpu if ur not using a fan or anything
     
    hustheman, Jun 19, 2009
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    I was wondering the same thing. I sent one in for the same reason (same model too) back in May, the other day the screen started flickering/flashing and display driver stopped responding (some of the symptoms of a failing gpu). Hasn't done it since, but I'm worried it will fail on the 91st day.
     
    RF71, Jun 22, 2009
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