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Keepin it cool-tips and tricks

post #1 of 17
11/30/05 at 12:17am
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Oh the woes of owning this 9860. I am back to having major heat issues. How bad is it to run at a constant 60-65 degrees celcius? That was the case last night... My room isnt that hot, its just the comp. So, any special ways you keep your comp cool?
1. My friend got me one of those targus' notebook coolers, except it only sucks in air and doesn't blow. Is it stupid to use this then with the vents that already suck in on the bottom? Wouldn't this just be bad for the comp?
2. Using fn f2 is useful but I need a way to maintain a lower temp.
Any advice?
Thanks, Kray
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post #2 of 17
11/30/05 at 2:39am
for some reason, this seems to be the norm. I found though if i took some compressed air, and blew out some the inside the was full of dust, my temp went down a good 5 degrees. But it seems that 60 is the normal temps for these big boys, since i own a 9860 myself. Had it since June 2005
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post #3 of 17
11/30/05 at 5:39pm
I had the same issue. I thought about making a homemade cooler with the fans reversed...But opted instead for just something that would elevate the laptop so the fans could work better. This product has helped keep the laptop cooler; the fans don't turn on as much. Try this website...
http://laptopdesk.net/access-legsf.php
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post #4 of 17
12/2/05 at 12:44am

Heat

I just thought i would throw my 2 cents in. I am deployed over here in Afghanistan and have a 9860. My temps when playing graphic intense game are pretty high. My left palm seems to get very hot. What I have done, and not sure if this is good for the computer or not, is elevated the laptop on 4 bottle caps to allow better air flown underneath. Also I have a small fan that sits on the left side where the exhaust for the video cards is and have it on when playing games. It blows air back in from left to right of the laptop. My concer is that it may be forcing air that is exhausted from the video card back in the oppostie direction and making the fan work harder. What I can tell you though is when I do this the video card does not get hot at all!! Not even warm. I will continue to do this and hope that is doesnt mess anything up.
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post #5 of 17
12/2/05 at 6:11pm
That's a great idea! Is there any way to improve on this by placing the external fan closer to the laptop fan's suction. I'm guessing then you would be incresaing the air flow and heat transfer through the video enclosure?
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post #6 of 17
12/3/05 at 1:10pm
I am not sure on that. The only way I know of getting it closer to the inlet where the air is sucked in is to buy one of those laptop coolers that blow air in. All I know is that the way I have mine set up it blows air under the laptop right at the video card exhaust and right over the keyboard and my left hand is almost cold. I only do this under high gaming though. It is cheap and works for me. You just have to figure out how to get the fan at a level that it will blow air under it.
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post #7 of 17
12/3/05 at 8:40pm
Follow this link: My laptop operates around 42-46 normal. Gaming: 55-57.
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=104267
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post #8 of 17
12/3/05 at 11:09pm
Fungo's "gadets" are a good idea. You can do the same thing with 2 rolls of quarters (5/6 coins in each roll) and 2 rolls of dimes (again 5/6 coins in the roll). WHat these solutions do is lift the laptop off of any surface and greatly improves airflow under the unit and allows for greater heat disapation (msp?).

I have both a platform and a "blow up" cooler. Most of the time, the cooler is not activated because it makes no differed (other than when the rook temps are real high). I have the 8790.
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post #9 of 17
12/6/05 at 11:33pm
I travel quite a bit, and carrying books or 2 roll of quarters is rather inconvenience. The legs are actually attached to laptop, in that way all I need to do is flip it and my laptop is lifted an inch and half. Very simple.

I agree. Laptop cooler with fans is not much of a help. I had one and it was useless, unfortunately.
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post #10 of 17
12/9/05 at 8:43pm
I just had my graphics card replaced (under warranty - thank bloody goodness) and am currently rather sensitive to BBQing the new one... I'd tried many different ways of raising my 9860 off the desk (rolls of coins, blocks of wood, parts of the neighbour's cat, etc) when my wife came up with a great idea:

A Large Cake Cooling Rack!!!!!!

Cost $2; nothing glued to the case, computer is not balanced precariously on wobbly constructions, CPU runs at 40C at idle and mid 60's while gaming.

Just thought I'd pass on this unglamourously simple solution.
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post #11 of 17
12/9/05 at 9:29pm
mid 60s while gaming? That seems a little high. Are you using mobmeter? Games I played: CS:S, FEAR, Tiger Woods 06 and my 9860 never goes above 60. Always around 55-58 even after 3-4 hrs playing FEAR. But then again, I have p4 3.6ghz and the "old" 6800 nvidia card
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post #12 of 17
12/10/05 at 9:43am
Hey just go to a local hardware store and get some of those sturdy rubber feet that you put on the bottom of pots and such... just get some that are a bit taller than that standard feet and then put them on all the corners and also next to the standard feet on the bottom... this way you raise the laptop no matter where you take it... and it looks alot more proffesionally done... and you should make sure that they are some of the larger diameter ones... like say 1/4" around or so... that is what I plan on doing when I get my machine back... I am pretty sure that the standard fans can do a well enough job when the machine is just raised up a bit... you could also use that fan program everyone here uses and lower the trip points a few degrees for the GPU fan... but it may get annoying when it is on alot...

I was also thinking of underclocking the GPU a little bit while it is in 2D mode... anyone think that would make any difference?..
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post #13 of 17
12/14/05 at 6:48pm
have kind of the same prob, temp normal 45 - 50, gaming 60+. living in jamaica and run the 9860 mostly in non a/c rooms (with a/c about 5degrees lower). have the lappy "jacked up" in thre back only with 2 little plastic blocks (lego of my neighbors kids ) by about 2 inches, that helps somewhat, fan from any direction and angle doesnt seem to make any diff.
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post #14 of 17
4/4/06 at 12:09pm
My machine was overheating horribly; fans on full all the time, machine cutting dead during graphics-heavy games etc.

I took off the heatsinks on the graphics card and processor and managed to remove huge wads of hair and dust and crap from the radiator grilles - the lappy runs just like new now.

I'm going to do this every 6 months, and I recommend anyone with cats does the same
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post #15 of 17
4/5/06 at 12:33am
Ok, I'm sure this is posted somewhere BUT ... could you PLEASE give us a STEP BY STEP instruction on how you did this ("took off the heatsinks...")

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Originally Posted by howiem
My machine was overheating horribly; fans on full all the time, machine cutting dead during graphics-heavy games etc.

I took off the heatsinks on the graphics card and processor and managed to remove huge wads of hair and dust and crap from the radiator grilles - the lappy runs just like new now.

I'm going to do this every 6 months, and I recommend anyone with cats does the same
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post #16 of 17
4/8/06 at 9:22pm
OMG When will you finally understand that overheating is just and only due to wiggling fans ??????

Wet your hand a little bit, lift your notbook and hold it under each one of the four fans. You should feel a cool breeze under each one of them, otherwise the fan is not working (VGA) or wiggling. Normally it´s one of the two CPU fans on the right side. Maybe your VGA doesn´t work at all sometimes, but that doesn´t affect CPU Temp.

The best way here is : use GetThermal to free the fan/s and set AC2trip down to 50C or even lower, this will cool CPU....

First read my manual and if you understood you can download it there also..... cheers

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=87133
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post #17 of 17
4/11/06 at 2:54pm
Hey has anyone used the Cooler Master laptop coolers? I have seen this but as far as I know it doesnt come out until later this year, but I was wondering if anyone used the 2 fan version and does it work?

http://www.coolermaster.com/index.ph...S+NotePal%20W1
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