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MS-1029 Heat issues

post #1 of 9
1/30/06 at 12:09am
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I just built a MS-1029 with a Turion MT-37 (2ghz, 25w). This laptop has the x700 128 GPU. This thing tends to get pretty hot...more so than I thought a power sipping cpu should....it's like P4 laptop hot. I mostly notice it while Im'l playing World of Warcraft..maybe 15mins of use is enough and the air blowing out of the side is hot...and the plastic on the grill is hot to the touch....it's like having a hairdryer in there......is this normal?... is anyone else having this problem?
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post #2 of 9
1/30/06 at 12:40am
It's probably nothing unusual; the fact that there is hot air blowing out means that your cooling system is working. Even though mobile processors have a low power consumption that doesn't mean they don't generate a lot of heat.

For a more accurate assessment, you should download something like Mobilemeter or Notebook Hardware Control so you can see what the processor temperature is. If it's anything below 80 C, you're probably fine.
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post #3 of 9
1/30/06 at 1:23am
How do you go about building a notebook, its something I wanted to try I have built several desktops in my time. I have been looking into it.
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post #4 of 9
1/30/06 at 1:31am
buy a barebone (rjtech.com is a good place for that). Then buy your own parts (cpu, ram, hdd, wireless) from newegg or zipzoomfly, and then you stick em in
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post #5 of 9
1/30/06 at 3:20am
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Originally Posted by flanken
It's probably nothing unusual; the fact that there is hot air blowing out means that your cooling system is working. Even though mobile processors have a low power consumption that doesn't mean they don't generate a lot of heat.
That last statement is a little misleading: power consumption equals heat, period. Conservation of energy is the most hallowed of all the laws of physics. :P

However, smaller machines tend to be more noticeably warm near the vent ports, since what heat they do produce is predominantly blown out of a single port rather than dissipated throughout the case. I've got an Athlon 64 machine (system power usage reported by /proc/acpi at full load: ~50 Watts) which is barely warm even after playing games for an hour. However, the machine is noticeably thicker than your MSI (simply *because* it has to deal with more heat) -- and that extra space is used for improved airflow.
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post #6 of 9
1/30/06 at 2:26pm
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I downloaded Notebook Hardware Control and according to that after an hour on WoW it read the computer at 69 degrees so I guess Im pretty safe. That program seems kinda nifty...anyone use it to control clocks?...Since I have power now enabled I was thinking more for underclocking the GPU to save battery when Im not gaming....anyone try this?
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post #7 of 9
1/30/06 at 3:12pm
Do you actually game while you're on batteries? I usually set my system to "dynamic switching" when it's plugged in, just so the fan comes on less. There's no huge difference in speed for me, and the only time it crashes is in Warcraft III, where I have to set the processor to full speed. You might also want to try undervolting your processor if Notebook Hardware Control allows you to do so on a Turion; this will significantly reduce your heat output at no expense in performance.
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post #8 of 9
3/17/06 at 3:41pm
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Originally Posted by blueswitch
I just built a MS-1029 with a Turion MT-37 (2ghz, 25w). This laptop has the x700 128 GPU. This thing tends to get pretty hot...more so than I thought a power sipping cpu should....it's like P4 laptop hot. I mostly notice it while Im'l playing World of Warcraft..maybe 15mins of use is enough and the air blowing out of the side is hot...and the plastic on the grill is hot to the touch....it's like having a hairdryer in there......is this normal?... is anyone else having this problem?
I know that the MS-1029 vents to the rear right, right where one's hand is when using an external mouse. Is it a possibility that this is making you more aware of the heat than you otherwise would be?
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post #9 of 9
3/18/06 at 3:31pm
i have to ask how close do you sit to your laptop? i have the 1029 and i have zero problems with the vent on the right. my mouse is usually lined up with the pcmcia slot about a hand width away from the side of the laptop. in the winter i'll put my hand a litte closer to the vent for some extra warmth.
scott
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