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GPU getting 200+ Fahrenheit Dangerous?
Louise:
Hey there techies, Im having...an Issue. It's worrying me greatly, the gpu on my laptop reaches an impressive 200~221 *Max i've witnessed* F even when running low-graphics intensive games like Mabinogi. Is this a sign of it dieing/ separating from the board?
Heres the specs of the laptop:
Hewlett Packard DV6449us
160GB HDD~ 2.62GB DDR2
1.8GHZ ~ Turion X2 TL-56
NVIDIA GeForce 6150
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
Installed ram is PC2-6400 ~ 4GB From Kingston.
*Tried Enabling all 4GB Via PAE*
Laptop heats up to point where the touch-pad burns within 3hours, Wificard is also getting worse, possibly from the heat?
fohfoh:
200F? Approx 93C?
Hmm.. I've seen worse than that on mine. But yes, it's an issue. (I've tried to keep it going beyond 91C ever since I had the mobo replaced) Sooner or later, the mobo will fry.
Only thing you can do...
#1: Get more air flow to the laptop. Get a pen or something and ramp up one side of the bottom when it's on a table. Let the air get underneath.
#2: Get a laptop cooling pad. Seriously worth the investment.
#3: If under warranty, fry the fucker and get it replaced. Then, treat it nicely when you get the fixes done.
But yes, that heat is bad.
Louise:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on June 18, 2010, 05:26:26 AM ---200F? Approx 93C?
Hmm.. I've seen worse than that on mine. But yes, it's an issue. (I've tried to keep it going beyond 91C ever since I had the mobo replaced) Sooner or later, the mobo will fry.
Only thing you can do...
#1: Get more air flow to the laptop. Get a pen or something and ramp up one side of the bottom when it's on a table. Let the air get underneath.
#2: Get a laptop cooling pad. Seriously worth the investment.
#3: If under warranty, fry the fucker and get it replaced. Then, treat it nicely when you get the fixes done.
But yes, that heat is bad.
--- End quote ---
It's nolonger under warranty, tho it was repaired 6 times when it was, things included mobo swap, wifi card swap, hdd swap ;;.
It IS on a cooling pad D: 91C? it was like... 118c...
Spanks:
Sounds like you have a nice heater there for winter. Its not going to blow up or anything but It will run slower at those or higher temps.
fohfoh:
I've seen upwards of 98c when I first used my laptop (Easily went over that). It was a display model and always having issues, so I used the Nvidia Go on purpose and accidentally burned it out. Good thing it was under warranty.
If the computer continues that with the laptop fan, something is wrong. It's gg for it. Back up your stuff, wipe it out and find a way to get lower resource usage on it. Consider a new laptop now. You'll be able to continue using it, but who knows for how long.
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