New JFL92 Temps

Ok, so I just received my new lappy and ran into some issues.
Installed Everest to check the temps and here they are

- CPU 50C-55C, fan starts at 55 and lowers the temp to 50 and then stops
- GPU ,which is the one that worries me, is 70C-75C idle, meaning internet and just basic things.
- HDD(Seagate momentus 7200.1) after a few hours work, basic, idle work, 48C.

I noticed that the GPU temp goes down when the CPU fan starts, so I'm wondering if the GPU has it's own fan(I think I can hear it spinning quietly but I'm not sure) or is it just the heatpipe that is connected to the CPU fan.

Should I worry??? I didn't even try any benchmarking I guess the GPU would go at least 15-20C up. Didn't dare.
Thanks

 

Updated graphic drivers to 174.40.
GPU temps are now 69-71 idle. Little bit better but still...

 

Gpu is high, what does it max out at under load?

 

Which operating system you have?

 

I spent some time experimenting with this and I've come to the conclusion that this is by design and nothing to worry about.

As far as I can tell, the GPU fan has 3 settings: off (or so low that I can't hear it), low (you can hear it if you're listening to it, but it's pretty quiet) and high (you can definitely hear it and its mildly annoying).

While browsing the internet, the JFL92 intentionally keeps the fan off when the GPU is cooler than 75-76C. When it reaches this temperature, the fan gets turned on to the low setting and stays on until it has cooled down to ~70C at which point the system turns it back off. If it kept the fan on, the temperature would go lower, but apparently whoever designed the machine decided that these temperatures are acceptable and it is not worth powering the fan to go below them.

I have never had the fan go on high when browsing the internet, playing Inkball and other basic things. However, when gaming (Neverwinter Nights 2 at the moment), the low fan cannot keep the temperature below the mid 80's so it occasionally turns the fan to high. When the GPU stops working (i.e. during a loading screen) it goes back to the low fan for a while until it heats up again. In any case, I've never seen a temperature above 86C with NWN2.

Thus, I think you'd be pretty safe with benchmarking -- the temperature does not jump 15-20C under load, it only goes up by 10 and even then the system could keep it cooler (if the fan was on high the entire time), but it does not want to.

 

Ok, I'll try benchmarking today with 3dmark06 to see how this is going to work out.
I have XP Home.

 

3D Marks06 Results. Drivers 174.70 Resolution 1280x1024

3482 3D Marks06 Score

1369 SM 2.0
1244 SM 3.0
2223 CPU

GPU Temp going up to 80C. OK?
Btw. what is the Compal JFL92 stock DDDR. Mine is 8600M GT 512 GDDR2. Is there any with GDDR3?
Thanks

 

It seems normal while gaming.

 

The 8600 max temps is 130* so don't worry about those temps I reached over 90 when my fan got clogged up and it didn't complain but the cpu didn't like it and my pc shut down By the way I'm pretty sure the notebook has only one fan.

 

Since I downloaded SP1 in my vista my fan is more quite than before and I have monitored the temperatures, they are the same than before, so that's a good adjustment.

 

Thanks guys for your help. I will post some more info on the notebook later.

 

I've had a temperature problem just yesterday on my IFL90. I've played HL2 for hours before without problem.

However, yesterday after about 20 minutes the whole computer shut down right in the middle of the game. I had not played for several months. I installed rivatuner to check the GPU temps and started the game again. The temps just kept going up and up even though the fan was running.

I turned everything off and used compressed air to blow through the vents and the fan. I started the computer again: problem fixed. The temp now goes to about 88C and stabilizes there.

This probably would not help with a new computer but I'm putting it out there. (It *should* not help with a new computer, otherwise it would imply that the people who put the computer together did it in a really dirty environment!) I was skeptical at first that compressed air would do anything but heck, it worked!