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    Windows 8 overheating my laptop?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hansi06, Nov 22, 2012.

  1. hansi06

    hansi06 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, i recently "upgraded" to windows 8, but now my laptop (asus g53jw) gets extremely hot when under minimal loads such as browsing. It seems to be the processor getting hot....
    Is there anyone else experiencing the same problem and are there any solutions?
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    On task manager does it show anything consuming up the CPU?
     
    DDDenniZZZ, Nov 22, 2012
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    nope, only around 25% is being used...mostly by "system" Untitled.png
     
    hansi06, Nov 22, 2012
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    could you tell everyone what spec youve got so they might be able to advise further.
     
    MrDJ, Nov 22, 2012
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    Its an Asus G53jw
    8gb ram
    Core i7 1.73GHz Q 740/740QM
    GTX 460m
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit

    Anything else?
     
    hansi06, Nov 22, 2012
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    24% is still quite a lot, looks like it might be doing maintenance in the background maybe? 25% is basically 1 core of your laptop doing something at full speed? I guess your cpu is a quad core?
     
    DDDenniZZZ, Nov 22, 2012
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    hmmm, it is quad core, but the figures in my first post show that not one of the cores are being used 100%
    also, in task manager, the 'system idle process" is at approx. 80-85...so i don't think its doing maintenance.
     
    hansi06, Nov 22, 2012
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    google 'system interrupts cpu usage.'
     
    mattcheau, Nov 22, 2012
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    My "system interrupts" is at about 11%. What is the normal value supposed to be?
    I will research it fully a bit later, but any ideas that you can give me to bring it back to normal? Untitled.png
     
    hansi06, Nov 22, 2012
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    no idea, just the first thing i noticed comparing my task manager to your screenshot. only observed it for a minute or two but mine was hovering around ~.1%. i googled the process and saw a bunch of relevant results. i think that's probably the culprit even though there's a whole bunch of other running tasks and processes your screenshot doesn't show.

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    mattcheau, Nov 22, 2012
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    Hey guys, just letting you know that I did a clean install of windows 8 and my laptop is now working properly
    Thanks for all the input
     
    hansi06, Nov 23, 2012
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    That's great to hear that it is resolved. My laptop works pretty well on Windows 8, but the fan seems to continuously run, regardless of what I am doing. There is no overheating though.
     
    AlexHoug, Nov 29, 2012
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    How is all that working for you now, after few months? I just upgraded to Win 8 from 7 and yeah my fans are seemingly on a roller-coaster ride. Not sure if I'll downgrade back or re-install from format or maybe BIOS updates..
     
    TimeLord84, Jan 26, 2013
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