Is my NP2090 running hot?

Hey all, I've had this for a couple months now and I love it, but I wonder if its running especially hot. My video card is 58C idle and the CPU is 40C idle. OCing the graphics card to 500/460 in RivaTuner gives me a max temp under load of 96C for the graphics card. Is this normal? I get high temperatures even without overclocking.

 

Thats a bit too high for my tastes. If the GFX card is getting above 90C then you need to back it off a bit.

 

I set the clocks back to the default and I still get 91 C under heavy load (playing Company of Heroes at native res with all settings max except AA).

 

Have you cleaned your notebook? I.e. using compressed air to blow the dust out of the vents? Look at the fan underneath your notebook, then check the vent on the side or back that it blows out of. Use compressed air and Q-tips with alcohol to clean it afterwards. Gophn has a great writeup in the Guide section on cleaning your notebook. Dust is probably the culprit.

 

Geez, I've only had it a month and its already dusty! I'm a bit uneasy about opening up my notebook, but I'll consider it - after all, these temps can't be good in the long run, especially when its running 60C just typing on this forum.

 

just use a flashlight to shine through the vents, if you cannot see light through the other side, then you got dust.

Another thing, use a good notebook cooler (like Zalman ZM-NC1000), or at least on a clean flat surface... NEVER on a lap, bed, sofa.

 

Gophn, I did what you said and I saw the light shine threough on the other side. So I guess that means no dust? If that's the case, then what's causing the issue? I get the same temperature no matter what surface - lap, bed, flat, clean wooden desk, whatever.

 

Well some canned air in those fans may help (unless someone else has a solution) because some of that dust can build up in the area that is spinning and not the blades themselves. I have had a few fans (in a desktop at least) start ceasing up on me because of dust building up in the center of the fan. After blasting them with canned air to really get all that crap out they were able to spin faster and thus cooled more efficiently.

I still think this is a possibility just because they may be dirty and resulting in less RPMs and thus less cooling. Sounds wierd but it is possible.

Other than that I think its a vengful spirit running a muck in there! Thats a different problem altogether that I cannot help with sorry!

 

if your vents & fans are clean, then its either:
- the ambient temp around you is pretty warm
--- which is why I would recommend to use a good notebook cooler
- the heatsink/fan on the videocard is not fully secure (or needs to be resecured with a re-application of thermal compound)

if its the heatsink/fan, then you might need to contact your vendor, and tell them your findings (temps, cleaned out vents, etc..) and they will tell you what to do next... but they might want to take it back to re-secure and re-apply thermal compound.

 

They just announced the ZM-NC2000 cooler which is designed for 17" notebooks, if their track record continues it will be the best option.

 

I'm fairly sure its not the ambient temperature, as
A) its snowing outside and
B) the heater isn't on :/
I just hit 116 degrees Celsius (!) on stock clocks (!!) on a 2 month old computer (!!!). I'm going to have to get a notebook cooler and call up Sager about this. The only way I found out my video card was even at triple digits was BioShock slowing down dramatically.

 

Anything over 90C on your GPU is cause for alarm. I would be inclined to suspect that your GFX card is faulty. I would talk to Sager about this (or whomever your reseller is).

 

definitely contact your Sager vendor, they should just fix it or swap it for a new unit for you.

 

Damn, I don't wanna have to go without my computer for too much time, but I may have to if it gets really bad. Thanks

 

you should do it overnight shipping if you want it back fast.