P775DM3-G Overheat Advice

Is that a decent paste job?

 

I thought it was somewhat excessive.

 

Not bad. The spread could be a bit better.

A small amount of excess isn't a bad thing, just more of a mess to clean.

 

A lot better than my paste job from Scan, which looked like a bricklayer had done it

 

A lot is a safer bet than too little. I think a lot of technicians overcompensate just to be safe, and if temps look OK, it gets shipped.

 

lol true, but does play havoc with overheating and throttles

 

More is better than too little when it comes to paste with those laptops where the heatsink might not make perfect contact.

 

Maybe fixing the heatsink would be a better idea

 

I guess it all comes down to that. I personally want Clevo to make something with better industrial design. Maybe they will come out with a X99 (Kaby Lake-E) based machine. I am thinking about something with a more sturdier chassis, ever so slightly thicker than P870KM series to accommodate better cooling and keyboard. Keyboard does not have to have mechanical switches but definitely something better than the keyboard present in P775DM3. Something with dual 1180 SLI and 6900K (or probably 7900K) will be really appealing And if they can manage to keep it in the same price bracket as P870DM3/KM, well that will be just awesome. i will be first in the queue to buy it.

 

I don't have the problem nor know how to fix it though...

 

Clevo needs to fix, not us.

 

Oh yes! That yes!

I imagined that we actually invented a new method to fix the heatsinks if there are problems

 

Somebody has already!

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Whoa! Link? Details? This made me curious!

 

Although somewhat dated, I guess I'd post it here in case someone, like me, comes to this thread.

My P775DM3-G (6700k, 1080) had big overheating ussues, like in the first post: if both CPU and GPU were utilized at 90+%, CPU was at 90+ in a couple of minutes, and could go up as high as 100 and throttle. Due to unified heatsink GPU suffered as well, going into 90-s (I've seen as high as 95-96). So I didn't play anything too taxing to not fry anything

So yesterday I finally pulled the plug and went for delidding (with CLU), and it appears to be as good as described: CPU is now mostly below 60(!!!), while previously it could touch ~85 with only CPU being stressed.

Bottom line, delid is a must, like already been said here multiple times.

 

@Gabriel Garcua
So what's the issue that you wanted to discuss?

 

Are you in the correct thread, bro?

 

yes bro, replying to his post as he emailed me this thread

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...es-index-post-1.779394/page-116#post-11031525

 

Ok so...i have a clevo P775DM3-G with a 6700k and gtx1080.. i got it from a reseller branch over in brazil and as of recently i've been having some issues with temperatures.. i read pretty much all the pages in this thread and i see theres a problem with the BIOS of this model and also tried some of the ThrottleStop tweaks to undervolt and try to cool down the computer as much as possible while gaming...i have the Control Center V5.0001.1.46 but the fan sometimes goes absolute nuts!!! the sad part is i've tried to contact the reseller here SO MANY times but they want me to send the computer over at their lab...i would do it if it was the first time i had problems with the fan.

Last time one of the fans actually broke and i needed a new one...at the time i didn't even know they were a reseller nor the actual model of the computer, especially because they strapped a sticker on top of the original CLEVO sticker with a different name for the computer! i know they are allowed to do that in general but they never stated that to me even between negotiations.

i would like to point out too that the reason i hold back in sending the computer over is because this one time the fan broke they told me to send it over cuz they had it at their stock...but in reality only when my computer got there that they ordered the fan and plugged it in. what pisses me off is that i had to pay to get it sent and also had to pay for the spare fan only to realize as of recently that i could get them online myself (i didnt know the actual model of the pc, NOW I KNOW :C) for waaay cheaper and plug them in myself.

just so you guys understand the amount i had to pay for this simple thing was over half of the current minimal wage! THATS CRAZY when i could've only spent 20 bucks to get it shipped

everything requires the pc to get sent over even driver updates seems like and i'm really pushing back from doing it

also i've been looking at the known heatsink problem but don't really understand whats going on

ps: i've never ever used a forum in my whole life so sorry if i'm doing stuff wrong. i do learn fast tho :d@Spartan

 

1) You need to uninstall the current Control Center that you have.

2) Do an NVRAM Reset

To perform a soft NVRAM Reset without having to open the laptop and remove the CMOS battery:

Hold FN + D + Power button for 5 seconds, then keep the FN + D keys pressed and release the Power key, after 30 seconds, you should see the NVRAM reset message on your screen.

Another user also mentioned:

3) Download Control Center Driver 5.0001.1.27

3) Unblock the ZIP file BEFORE you extract it. Windows puts a BLOCKED status marker on any file you download from the internet which leads to erroneous or incomplete installation.

Right click on the ZIP file, go to Properties, look at the bottom right if it says "this file cam from the internet and might be blocked" click on the UNBLOCK button, then hit APPLY followed by OK to exit the Properties page. Now you can extract the ZIP file.

To prevent files from being automatically being blocked in the future, make sure to see this guide: "Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]

4) After you've extracted the ZIP file, go into the 07_Hotkey folder then right click on the file named oem.ini and choose EDIT

5) Scroll down within that text file until you see SupportXTUFanTable=1

6) Change the value of SupportXTUFanTable to 0 instead of 1

7) Exit the Notepad and save the changes when prompted

8) Right click on setup.exe then choose Run as Administrator then install the Command Center

9) Now reboot, this should fix the fan issue.

10) You can install the latest version of XTU to undervolt if you wish although when I had mine, I only undervolted through the BIOS since I had the Prema BIOS



Unfortunately the stock Clevo BIOS sucks as well as it has very limited options and the stock EC Firmware also causes throttling when both the CPU and GPU are in use. Only the PREMA BIOS can fix that. But that is not available to download publicly unless you buy it from a Prema Partner

Benefits of Prema BIOS:

• Restores user ability to overclock or underclock the CPU
• Restores user control over CPU power settings (voltage, watts, amps) for optimal performance and/or thermal efficiency
• Restores ability to control non-turbo CPU core ratio
• Restores ability to control CPU c-states and p-states
• Restores ability to control BCLK (northbridge) and FCLK (System Agent) frequency
• Restores ability to enable Intel Speed Shift Technology functionality
• Restores ability to disable Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) functionality which is intended for software developers who want to use that feature and causes erratic system behavior
• Restores ability to control RSR, Watchdog Timer, ASPM, ACPI sleep and hibernation functionality
• Restores ability to control RAM timings, clock speeds and enables the utilization of XMP profiles
• Restores ability to control selection of Legacy, UEFI and CSM to install whatever operating system is desired
• Restores ability to control CPU-based DEP, AES (encryption) and Virtualization
• Restores ability to control GPU scaling, PCIe speed and power management features
• Restores control over Thunderbolt and USB 3.1 configuration
• Restores control over SATA port configuration and Intel LPM. Having the ability to disable drive ports allows exclusive control over what drive receives the BCD/boot sector, system and recovery partitions during Windows Setup and eliminates the need to physically remove non-OS drives when installing a new OS.

Benefits of Prema VBIOS:

• Power throttle disabled
• Over-voltage slider enabled and adjusted (up to a maximum of 1.2v)
• Activated and adjusted thermal slider (to keep it cooler if desired)
• Core overclock slider limit raised
• Power consumption meter activated
• Fixed 3D voltage base-line in order to stabilize OCs and voltage-match both cards in SLI systems (based on average ASIC)
• Thermal protection @ 92c (once*91c are breached the system throttles volts and clocks in order to protect it)
• Protection against Furmark and Kombustor GPU burnout (AVOID those software even with stock vBIOS)