LG notebooks and faulty Nvidia GPUs

Hey all,

I've had an LG R500 for the last few months, with a geforce 8600M GT GPU. Since I got the laptop, I've noticed that my GPU runs unusually hot. I installed rivatuner for the temperature monitoring and have noticed that my GPU idles at around 60 degrees and ramps up to 100+ degrees when I run games or movies. I didn't think it was too big a problem, and I was only considering getting a laptop cooler or something. Anyways, with the news of nvidia's faulty GPUs, I just wanted to know a few things:

1) How many other LG notebook owners are out there who experience the same kind of hot temperatures?
2) Has LG released a BIOS update like Dell?
3) Is there anything I can really do about this?

I'd appreciate any answers anyone can give me. Thanks in advance.

 

hi, have the same problem as you - temps going up to 95-97°C when gaming - too high for feeling good about it (imho) - I figured some "solutions" so to speak:
1) cap the framerate to something like 30 or 40 (if the game allows it) - got my 95°C on World of Warcraft down to 70-80°C
2) throttle the GPU (speed and RAM speed) with a GPU tweaking tool until temperatures are acceptable
3) clean the notebooks cooling parts (will do this - guess over one year of heavy use and taking the laptop around in a laptop bag inevitably leads to some dirt stuck in the venting parts)
4) try another driver - I read something about beta drivers leading to less heat issues (would have to try)
5) put a cooling pad below the laptop, this helps very nicely (subtracts about 10-15°C from the max temp)

Am using a cooling pad when gaming and am capping the framerate atm. My two next steps will be: clean the inside of the laptop, try manual GPU throttling. I will perhaps mess around with different drivers later on to see if it helps. Will keep you updated if you're still interested.

 

I also have LG R500 laptop.....What is your BIOS version???? It has 8600M GS and yea it runs around 60C but I am not sure of its temp while playing games like far cry 2 and Tom clancy Hawks

 

Have any of you upgraded the BIOS? Does it help with the heat issue?

Columbia Motherboard, COLSSF11 (Phoenix Technologies Ltd), 10/15/2007.

 

As far as I know, it's not LG's problem. It really is Nvidia's faulty GPUs. It affects everyone, Dells, HPs, etc. The entire generation of mobile gpus apparantly had this problem.

 

I havent upgraded BIOS but this is what I got when I bought this LG R500

Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies LTD
Version : COLSSF15
Date : 01/21/2008

 

185 drivers apparently can make GPU temps spike (crazily) so try others if your currently using them

 

I have P300, 8600 GS, 2.5 Ghz...It runs hot while gaming but never faced any problem !! May be it is designed to work this way !

 

I upgraded my LG E500 bios, the fan start now rotating very fast but the temperatures don't low. So i only overclock my GPU when i have my Nox Boreas.
Now with this bios upgrade i loose 1 hour of autonomy thanks to LG.
Before 3:30h in powersave
After 2:10h in powersave too.