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    Y500 fan stays at idle speed when gaming

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dronelebeau, May 22, 2013.

  1. dronelebeau

    dronelebeau Notebook Geek

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    this has happened to me twice. at first, i regarded it as a one-time glitch. but it happened again yesterday, now i think it's an issue. couple of weeks ago, i played crysis 3 then like half an hour later the left part of the laptop (near the vent) got extremely hot like burning hot! i was panicking an the first i noticed the left vent wasn't blowing a lot of air (it was like on idle). i immediately alt-tabbed then checked the temps. the cpu is at a whopping 98c and the main gpu at 90c. the ultrabay gpu is normal though. without thinking i turn on dust removal program. it didn't work at first but after 2 wafts, it went back to normal.

    anyone also experiencing this? or knows what's causing this? i really don't want this to happen again, especially when someone else less cautious will be gaming on my laptop. :confused:

    thanks!
     
    dronelebeau, May 22, 2013
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