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    How hot is too hot (MSI GT735)

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by vampirecactus, Apr 26, 2010.

  1. vampirecactus

    vampirecactus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I've got a MSI GT735 and I think it might be overheating.

    I've noticed recently that in a lot of games, the game will be running fine, but every couple minutes, it will slow down to a crawl, then fix itself after about a minute. This happens regardless of game settings.

    I downloaded CPUID HWMonitor and I've been running it for about an hour (without playing any games). The temperatures of my CPU run from 69° C to 89° C. It's currently 75° C with nothing but skype, my anti-virus (kaspersky), and Google Chrome running.

    I think this problem started recently. I've had a nice cooling pad for the whole time I've had the computer ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998921) which is currently being powered through USB.

    Also, the temperatures for the GPU seem to be fine (44° C to 52° C).
     
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    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    89 is pretty hot. Are you overclocking any of your components?

    The reason your game starts crawling is most likely because the GPU throttles down to cool off. First off, try cleaning out the air vents with compressed air, remove any dirt from them. Then I'd open up your heatsink and check/reapply thermal paste (if needed). If neither of these provide any help, I'd look into undervolting your cpu.
     
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    vampirecactus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not overclocking anything. Any time I try to use the turbo button, it just freaks out and everything slows down.

    I've never cleaned out a laptop before. Any tips? I'm not sure where to find the heatsink. I also don't really know anything about thermal paste.

    Also, what is undervolting? haha sorry for being so ignorant.
     
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    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    Try to uninstall and reinstall the software for it (if it has any).

    Touch something metal before you touch your laptop, just to discharge any static electricity.

    Compressed Air works wonders.

    Rubbing alcohol (in my oppinion) is good. Just do not get it on the screen.

    It is usually a large copper plate with a copper pipe going to the fan, easy to spot from the rest of the laptop.

    Thermal Paste

    Undervolting, from what I understand is the process of downclocking your processor and graphics card to "below stock clockspeeds" as to reduce heat.

    Hey, if you don't ask, you'll never know, right?
     
    Dspr_02, Apr 26, 2010
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