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    Clevo p150hm fake cpu overheat.

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by hereticangel, Mar 31, 2015.

  1. hereticangel

    hereticangel Notebook Consultant

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    So my 485m died and had a shop had a look at laptop.

    They cleaned out the laptop and replaced card with hd5870m from msi gx660.

    Laptops boots and i can see the screen 100% no funny lines or anything.

    Heatsink of the gpu does get hot it means it does make contact.

    Now weird thing cpu fan goes to 100% and then the laptop switches off ,cpu heatsink is on right.
    This happens around 20 seconds after i switched it on , tried without battery also

    cpu is i7 2720qm.

    Basically I think something is telling the laptop to switch off because the cpu is overheating ,the gpu fan runs normally and does not go to a 100%.

    The motherboard basically dead I think?
     
    hereticangel, Mar 31, 2015
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  2. TR2N

    TR2N Notebook Deity

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    Your vbios in the 5870m is incompatible with the clevo bios causing incorrect thermal information and hence the clevo laptop bios is freaking out as a result.
    Your best bet is to look for a clevo vbios for that 5870m and flash it and you should eb back to normal.

    Good luck.
     
    TR2N, Mar 31, 2015
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  3. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    tron2 is correct. although id rather stick that gpu up that shop´s a$$ and demand either a refund or an ACTUALLY COMPATIBLE clevo card for your machine ;)
     
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  4. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    The shop may have not known any better. I'd go back and see if they can get you a Clevo GPU.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Mar 31, 2015
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Whoops. :rolleyes: Yeah, if you bring it to their attention, be sure to inform them the card is likely incompatible and that the system requires a Clevo card.
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 31, 2015
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