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    Toshiba Xli1 Problems

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by rjosh, May 10, 2008.

  1. rjosh

    rjosh Newbie

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    Hey guys need ur help..
    My xli is getting really hot these days... its been happening since i bought the laptop some 3-4 months back
    If i play a game on my laptop for for even 1 hr the temperature of GPU1 and 2 shoot upto 98and CPU goes to 86 ..Isnt this too hot .. as measured by (the ambient temperature is arnd 30-33)
    I have noticed that my windows installer keeps crashing and i am not able to install games etc ..
    Even the performance seems really shabby as becomes really slow while multitasking(on high performance mode)
    Also while transferring stuff from one folder to another no status bar appears so i dnt knw when exactly the transfer finishes ..
    Can u guys help me out??
    P.S. - Do i need to do a clean install? If yes any links to guides on how to go abt doing it wud be highly appreciated..
     
    rjosh, May 10, 2008
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  2. jacob808

    jacob808 Notebook Deity

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    call toshiba tech support and ask them to help you out. I did a recovery disk reformat and reinstall factory settings and the guy told me a different way of doing it as opposed to the instructions on the disk itself. I'm not sure if it'll help with the overheating but I'm pretty sure you have a 1 year warranty on the machine, so call them. The sooner the better.
     
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  3. JosePerez

    JosePerez Notebook Evangelist

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    About the temps... They are normal, evenmore taking in count your ambient temps... Raise the back of the laptop for better ventilation, and if you can, buy a laptop cooler... Also clean the vents in a monthly period...

    About the other issues, it's weird because the GPU temp should only affect the gaming performance... You should call Toshiba to check your lappy
     
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  4. y2khardtop

    y2khardtop Notebook Consultant

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    I had this in another thread recently. My GPU hit 105 then SHUT down completely. I have been cleaning the vents/fans regularly with a dust buster, and thought I was doing a good job.

    After good advice here, I hit the machine with a real vacuum AND an air compressor, and I was amazed at how much crap flew out of the vents. The machine now idles AND games a solid 30deg cooler than before I cleaned it.

    btw, I'm running XP and thought maybe my drivers were causing problems, but it was just the dirt.
     
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  5. rjosh

    rjosh Newbie

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    which laptop cooler would be gud for these kind of ambient temp ..I was thinking abt buying NZXT Cryo LX but at ~$76 its kinda expensive .. wat do u guys suggest??
     
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  6. jesse6749

    jesse6749 Notebook Deity

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    What about the Zalman NC2000 it's what a lot of people are using with good cooling sucess, here is a link to it at Newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998686
     
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