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    Hel 80 overheat

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by jml22, Jun 2, 2007.

  1. jml22

    jml22 Notebook Geek

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    so my comp has been shutting off lately while i'm playing wow. it culd be that i'm running it on my bed ad it is making it overheat but is there anything i can do/buy to make it run cooler
     
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    Locker420 Notebook Enthusiast

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    - Turn off the auto overclocking on the nvidia card.
    - Vent intake is on the bottom, if bottom of the machine is flat on bed it can't cool down. I use one of these from sharper image atm:

    http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__SP001

    Lap desk with mouse tray and lifters. It's only forty bucks and it's fairly light. I sit in bed with it all the time and it blocks the lappy heat from sweating me out as well.

    Peace,

    D
     
    Locker420, Jun 2, 2007
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  3. jml22

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    how do you turn off auto overclocking
     
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    Locker420 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The control is in different places depending on which version of the video driver you are using. Should be in there somewhere under autoclocking.
     
    Locker420, Jun 3, 2007
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  5. jml22

    jml22 Notebook Geek

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    in like display properties or like bios settings?
     
    jml22, Jun 3, 2007
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    check in the NVIDIA Control Panel
     
    Kdawgca, Jun 3, 2007
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    jml22 Notebook Geek

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    nope
    nothin there
     
    jml22, Jun 3, 2007
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    My HEL80 did not have auto overclocking enabled by default. To get it to show up under the video card properties, use These instructions from the 7600 OC thread

    "To enable Coolbits click Start, then Run. Type “Regedit”, and click ok. This should bring up your registry. Make your way to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak. Once there right click and create a new DWORD value. For the name call it “coolbits”, then right click and modify it. Set the value to “3”. Once done you may exit the registry editor.

    To get to coolbits, get into your display properties and go to the settings tab. Click advanced, then select your card from the tabs. Now you will see a Clock Frequency Settings option. I start by using auto-overclock, and go from there. Once it decides what my overclock is I test it. I usually set up a run through of 3DMark05. If it fails to pass due to heat or too high of an overclock, I drop the overclock a few MHz and retry. If it passes, I raise the clock speed some. Once I find the highest clock speed, I will back down a few MHz and then test a game for a while with that clock speed. If it holds up, that is my overclock. I’d recommend finding either the core first and then the memory, or vice versa.""
     
    anap40, Jun 3, 2007
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