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Non-Overheating Gaming Laptop?

post #1 of 6
10/27/07 at 12:13am
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So i used to have a HP dv900 and it would overheat constantly playing BF2, BF 2142, COD 2, LOTRO, etc. After analyzing it, the case didn't seem to be made for cooling too well. I decided to buy a Sager NP9750 and this one overheats (quicker now than when it was new) as well with the settings on low. This laptop's case looks like one frequently used by many of the gaming laptop makers. I use a Lian Li cooling pad but all it seems to do is keep everything but the video card (7900 GTX) cool. I followed a thread about the issue with the heat spreader not making good contact and fixed it accordingly, but that only temporarily fixed it. So my question is...

Does anyone actually make a laptop that you can play on for a long time without overheating?
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post #2 of 6
10/29/07 at 10:57pm
Sounds like you need to open it up and dust it out, then make sure you apply a new layer of thermal compound properly.
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post #3 of 6
11/1/07 at 5:28am
You should try the pacific breeze cooler and also, i think all sagers have max fan power with Fn+1
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post #4 of 6
5/15/08 at 1:11pm
Open it up like Twilight said, I did it with my overheating Inspiron 9400 and you could make bricks with the amount of dust I found in the vents. Runs around 20C cooler now.
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post #5 of 6
5/15/08 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by Boogyman_13 View Post
So i used to have a HP dv900 and it would overheat constantly playing BF2, BF 2142, COD 2, LOTRO, etc. After analyzing it, the case didn't seem to be made for cooling too well. I decided to buy a Sager NP9750 and this one overheats (quicker now than when it was new) as well with the settings on low. This laptop's case looks like one frequently used by many of the gaming laptop makers. I use a Lian Li cooling pad but all it seems to do is keep everything but the video card (7900 GTX) cool. I followed a thread about the issue with the heat spreader not making good contact and fixed it accordingly, but that only temporarily fixed it. So my question is... Does anyone actually make a laptop that you can play on for a long time without overheating?
You're most likely going to run into the same problem to some extent with any notebook with a high-end graphics card. However, as previous posters have suggested, cleaning it out can do wonders if there's a lot of dust buildup.
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post #6 of 6
5/19/08 at 2:21pm
I have a Zalman Nc2000 cooler with 9262 and the GPU has never gone above 62 and CPU stays near 35 in load.
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