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    W510 Overheating

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by LoG!K, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. LoG!K

    LoG!K Notebook Guru

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    I've seen multiple reports of W510s overheating while under intensive load, such as CAD work and 3D gaming. Has any bios update or firmware been pushed out that has fixed this issue as of yet? Seeing temperatures of 90 degrees + Celsius in the other threads is extremely unnerving.
     
    LoG!K, Sep 2, 2010
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    Bluetroll Notebook Enthusiast

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    clean fan, thermal paste upgrade and tpfancontrol set to 64
     
    Bluetroll, Sep 2, 2010
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    The W510 has a robust cooling system, but at the same time, it does pack components that generate a lot of heat. I'd imagine it'd be better with the new dual-core optioned W510 machines, although that's just a guess on my part.
     
    MidnightSun, Sep 2, 2010
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    zenit Notebook Evangelist

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    mid 80s are pretty common under heavy loads, especially when running 3D intensive stuff. However, it never heated up to the point of having to throttle CPU or GPU. I'd say the cooling on this thing is sufficient for it's power. So far it never had me worried
     
    zenit, Sep 2, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    i am not sure whether the overheating issue is firmware or hardware related in the w510. But they run extremely hot under heavy load, which is not really the case with the W500 (they still run hot from the GPU, CPU remains pretty cool).

    maybe it is the i7 Quad Core or something + GPU. Anyway i will get the W700 instead of the W510, since the W700 costs around the same as the high spec w510 in USA or slightly cheaper if it is second hand or refurb. I will lose the portability factor, but that is okay.
     
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  6. not.sure

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    I do game on my unit (probably don't max it out though, just nexuiz et al.) and I never had heat problems. Don't forget that you have a 45W CPU and a 35W GPU, and that's pretty much the maximum you can stuff into a 15" system. FWIW, on idle the fan is mostly off.
     
    not.sure, Sep 2, 2010
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    Really? The fan on your i7 quad core W510 is mostly off? I don't think I've ever heard a w510 fan go off.
     
    halobox, Sep 3, 2010
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    When idle, yes. Was a bit surprised about that, too. The fan is adjusted to kick in at 55 and cool down to 48 (using thinkfan).

    And when the GPU is in its lowest power level, and the CPU in C6 (<-important), the fan is mostly off (like right now as I'm writing this). Of course it might help that I'm running linux so no weird background processes are running.
     
    not.sure, Sep 3, 2010
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