T500 HD3650 overheat?

Any one had the overheating problem with HD3650?

Let's say playing games for several hours non-stop. Or play a whole 1080P movie.

The bottom of my laptop burns my hand!!！

 

Download HWMonitor. Run it and post a screenshot of the window. Or you can report GPU, CPU, etc temperatures.

 

I actually had BSOD. Then system could not boot.

Try to recover to factory preload. The system could not boot either.

Contacted Lenovo for repair. Waiting for box now.

Can not post temperature. Sorry.

Just want to see if others noticed anything like overheating using HD3650.

BTW, I've got this one since the end of last Dec. Already changed the motherboard once at local Lenovo repair.

 

I see.. That actually sounds pretty bad then.

 

Exactly. I suppose the bottom should be around 110F, even after hrs of game.

Agree? Anyone got experience?

 

it shouldn't be burning hot... if it is it sounds like the heat sink setup might be malfunctioning.

 

Some video player software support the function called "HD acceleration". I always keep this option checked. Any one think this may cause overheating of the video card?? I suppose HD3650 is built for 1080P video acceleration.

 

Should be fine. DXVA/HD acceleration puts only minor stress on the GPU.

random plug: try use MPC-HC 32-bit.

 

My T500 never gets that hot, even after a long period of intensive gaming under discrete graphics. In the mean time, try elevating the rear of the laptop to improve heat dissipation.

 

Under intensive gaming with discrete graphics, my W500 is pretty hot too. I have used TPFC to monitor and control the fan, the results are the followng (when playing game, my room temperature is around 20C):
1. using BIOS mode, the cpu and gpu's temperature soar above 88C, the fan speed is around 3000~3600RPM.
2. using Smart mode, the cpu and gpu's temperature are below 84C, meanwhile, the fan speed is increased to 5000+RPM.
When I was browsing and running office, the temperature control of BIOS mode is much better than the Smart mode since the BIOS mode always run the fan in 2700+RPM. However, the fan is incredibly quite, it is not annoyed at all....

 

In TPFanControl, you can change the fan speed for the temperatures. (you can make the fan run all the time if you change the .ini file)

 

88C sounds like my T500. Its bottom feels definitely over 60C to my hand.

 

I will test that when I get the machine repaired back.

Thank you!

 

do you guys ever hear the fan? When I'm gaming, laptop gets very warm, bordering on hot, but I never hear the fan come on. Never got a bsod though.
is this because the fan is very quiet, or is it just not spinning fast enough to be safe?

 

My fan did kick in when I play HD video with 3650 video card.

Still the bottom was burning hot. I doubt the heat sink is well installed.

 

i have W500 and have almost the same issue, is this where your laptop heats:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=458267

check the first and last posts with attached images

 

I do have the heat from the exact same spot at the bottom as shown in your second post. My hand can not press on that spot for more than 1 sec. But I did not notice heat at the left palm rest like you showed in the first figure.

Did you do anything about it? Or maybe figure out why that happens?

I am sending my T500 back to Lenovo for repair. Should get the shipping box on Monday.

 

install TPfancontrol to check the temperature and the fan speed.

 

great, keep us posted

 

Update:

Got the repair back. Changed fan and re-imaged hard drive.

BTW, the service is excellent. Overnight air back and forth. Shipped to repair on Tue. --> Wed repair and ship back --> got it today!

Hope this time, T500 lasts.

 

How are temps now?

 

I am installing SSD now. Did not get chance to install temperature test. It so far feels normal on the outside. Before repair, even if I was just surfing web, it was burning hot at the bottom. Right now, it feels only warm to my hand.

I will update when I get SSD in.

 

As long as it is working fine it doesn't really matter. Try an orthos load test. Make sure they did not forget to put thermal paste on (unlike a certain somebody, namely me).

 

Hi Bashar, you might wan to get your fan checked. My fan was running when the bottom was burning hot, I could feel the hot air running from vent. Somehow, the heat sink and fan may not be running properly. I suspect my first motherboard was burnt by the excessive heat.

 

Our company purchased 6 to 10 laptops LENOVO T500 Series. And Most of them has this not Heating rather BURNING problem. One can not even touch the back of T500 when it heats up too much.
My LapTop is lying in Warranty centre and waiting for the replacement of Board and Fan as it has burnt .

We had used R50e IBM Laptops but never experienced such abnormal heating..

 

Really? It pushed my old Quadro FX 570M to the 60's, watching a 720p or 1080p video.

 

Keeps my 9600M GT at idle temps (70C - blame my laptop's manufacturer which has warranty stickers over some of the screws on the base).

Powermiser might be acting up on your laptop (depending on which media player you are using and what video renderer it is based around), as DXVA only uses a certain part of the GPU. It doesn't involve the GPU's shaders or anything like that.

 

Thanks for replying my thread. Now I have got my motherboard change and it not heats up that much now...it is normal now