GS40 heat and fans

Hi everyone,
Just bought a GS40. Good little machine but I have a couple of questions:
1) The fans (at least the one on the left) run almost constantly, even when I'm just surfing the web or doing word processing. Is this normal?
2) According to the Dragon Gaming Centre my CPU is always at least 49-50 degrees. Anytime it goes over 50 the fan kicks on. Is this unusual - should I be concerned? The gaming centre utility also reports my CPU is always at at least 12-14% load.
Thanks for your help!
Steve

 

Is it possible that up have the shift mode to sport mode? when I'm doing anything simple I just change it to green or comfort and it's all good. It also may be due to you having just bought it, but I'm not 100% familiar with laptops, but at least for phones I know battery gets used up faster within first week or so due to the phone setting itself up and collecting data and whatnot for the new user.

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Relatively, yes. This system is a little more apt to run warm than some of larger models with more robust cooling systems. Have you already checked to see if you can change the performance plan?

I'm not sure of what's causing your CPU load - you may want to see what background programs/services are running in the Windows Task Manager - but high 40s C to very low 50s C is not uncommon during idle or on minimal use. A better thermal compound and/or paste application might help with this.

 

Yeah that's normal for the most part, the fan on the left is the one that usually pulses on and off (from what I'm hearing) I mean you could check to see what you have in the background running but I don't think that will do much difference. Its a small machine will some good specs so I don't mind the fan coming on as often as they do.

Hope everything works out well

 

That's normal because of the CPU is being used for your tasks.
Did you provide enough opening underneath the system to increase airflow?
Additionally, you can consider getting a notebook cooler to help with airflow which can reduce the fan noise and processor temperature.

 

I have a GS60 and it's kinda the same one side if the fan always kicks off even though I'm not doing anything intense just normal usage, surf the web etc.

 

Laptops in general run warm because the components are compact inside a small chassis and have little room to "breathe". Smaller laptops like the GS40 will get warmer faster, so the fans running constantly is relatively normal.

 

One side is CPU fan, the other side is GPU fan.

 

Yea it's probably my CPU fan running. But I mean it's not intense where it's annoying.

 

You can use a notebook cooler to bring more airflow which can reduce that spin-up noise caused by increased heat. Plus repasting.

 

Yea I've used notebook coolers in the past but I take my laptop everywhere so it's kind of a hassle bringing the notebook cooler everywhere. Maybe I'll look into when I'm using it at home or on my lap though.

Repasting, I have not tried. I know it'll probably help in some degrees, but it seems like a lot of work. I did some research before and even bought the tube for it but never got a chance to do it.

 

hi found new software. Better control over fans to more efficiently control heat and fans.

It is DRAGON CENTER, not DRAGON GAMING CENTER. It is a upgraded version in some ways.
http://download.msi.com/uti_exe/nb/DragonCenterv1.0.1603.0201_1.0.1603.0201_0x4dd98b4a.zip







GPU Fan Max : 6000 RPM
CPU Fan Max : 6666 RPM

 

Kevin's suggestion by repasting is a good idea.

GS40 is actually pretty easy to repaste unlike GS60 and GS70/GS72 that you have to completely disassemble the MB.

Check out our video and watch at 14:24:



So you pretty much just need to remove all screws at the bottom and you can lift the cover, once the cover is removed you can access to all components.

Here are the steps once the cover is removed:

1: Disconnect the battery cable. This is actually the most important part to ensure you are at a safe environment.

2: Remove all screws on the heatsink and fan and then disconnect the fan cables.

3: Wipe the factory paste off with alcohol on both GPU and CPU.

4: Apply new thermal compound on both CPU and GPU. There are many ways to apply the thermal compound and here is a video regarding different methods:



Personally I like the drop method better.

5: put the heatsink and screws back.

6: use the laptop for 24 hours.

7: Re-open the laptop and re-tight the screws for the heatsink a little bit.

Should be pretty easy.

 

Thanks for the info, I'll definitely try to repaste one of these days Now the drop method is it necessary to cover all? Or just that 1 dot is enough.

 

No problem. it's the size of the dot. bigger dot for GPU and smaller for CPU.