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Sudden temperature spike

post #1 of 8
12/23/04 at 7:34pm
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I've had my 8790 for a while now (not one of the first gens with that blinking light/turbo fan problems) and I suddenly noticed a HUGE temperature spike today while playing World Of Warcraft. I've been playing massive amounts of this game for over a month now, and the temperature has never been a problem. Even when I was playing HL2 for 6 hours straight with my video card OC'ed I still never had this temperature problem. The temperature went over 60C today, and I had played for 4 hours this morning and the temp never went above 50. So I don't get why all of a sudden there's this huge spike. I'm not sure what the temp of the room is, but it can't be much more than 70-74F.

Usually, it idles around 36-37C and right now without the fans on it's at 45C. I just hope it doesn't sound like I have to RMA this thing.
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post #2 of 8
12/23/04 at 7:38pm
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Oh, just wanted to follow up with yes I have checked that all the fans are indeed working, and they are sucking air into the machine.
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post #3 of 8
12/23/04 at 7:44pm
try blowing out dust?
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post #4 of 8
12/29/04 at 3:04am
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I actually figured out the problem. Rather stupid of me really... I was at home taking over my dad's desk and didn't realize a piece of paper was underneath my laptop. The fans had sucked it up causing there to be less airflow, and therefore the overheating problem. I let it cool down for a while, and now the game is running fine again. Temp never really gets much above 45C now.
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post #5 of 8
12/29/04 at 4:32pm
method how do you manage to keep your system so cool? do you have a cooling pad, do you keep your fans on high. what are your system configs? my system flucuates between 40C-50C when it's been freshly cleaned out. i can get it down to a constant 39C when fans run on high. your temps seem extremely low.
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post #6 of 8
12/29/04 at 6:00pm
Mine typically runs at 38 - 39 C. I have it sitting on a cooling pad; however, the fan is off. The laptop is sitting on "legs" that are higher in the back than in the front. I used 1/2" by 1" square rubber pads (from Radio shack) and have them stacked 2 high at four locations near the back of the cooling pad. I then have smaller 1/4" round rubber pads on the front. This allows me to route the IEEE1394 and Mouse cables between the laptop and cooler. The slant also make typeing a bit more comfortable (at least for me). It also causes the left wrist pad to be considrably cooler than if I had the laptop sitting on the cooler level. If I apply max fans (Fn+F10) to the unit during casual use, then the temperatures falls to a very constant 33 C.

Maybe you should try the elevateded aproach and see what it does for you. I don't think that having it on the cooling pad makes that much of a difference - it's just that I like the added height that it provides.

Room temperature is between 74 - 76 F. I have the laptop near a heating vent and that may make the room temperature actually a bit higher when the heater kicks in.

Also, make sure that rubber "block" on the power cord is not located in front of the exhaust vent. It should be situated so that it covers the parrellel connector for maximum cooling efficiency. With my raied unit, it doesn't matter, because it is located under the vent and not blocking it.
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post #7 of 8
12/29/04 at 6:07pm
thanks g-omaha, i'll try that, it looks like my gpu is fried and sager tech support is wanting me to ship it in. i'm wondering if my problems with my video may be causing the heat increase?
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post #8 of 8
12/29/04 at 6:15pm
One "cheap" way to provide a bit of extra cooling for the GPU is to release the keyboard clip that is located near the ESC key. It makes that side of the keyboard a bit "off"; however, should provide an increase in air flow over the large heat sink located under the keyboard.

My keyboard was that way for a while and I didn;t notice it. My "all time" low temperature of 27C was attained that way.
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