Overheating Laptop?

[Vince]

Recently whenever I'm using my laptop I constantly hear this semi-loud to loud buzzing noise that doesn't stop until I turn it off. I realize it's most likely the overheating or fan and ran a fan test, here's the results:

(Fire) GPU: 100C
(Fire) Core: 97C

Any suggestions on what I could do to cool it?

[Harald]

Same here.
But it was when I had it on over the night. Then it started get fucked up.
I gave it like 30 hours to cooldown, and it stopped. Though it's getting hot after a while...

[cDa]

use 2 book or simial to lift it above desk, or try inesting into a laptop cooler



2 books are cheeper but similar solution, point is, it will improve ventilation, witch laptops desperatly need

[Harald]

Didn't help for me, but I'm unsure if I had the exactly same problem as Vince.

[Pazienza]

Same problem here,
with an Acer 5920, which is famous for his overheat..


# Full load (4 gaming hours, GPU overclock CPU max) : CPU 80°/85° - GPU 95°

[cDa]

whole point of oolers is to improve cooling under the laptop

Heres a very simple diy one (an addon if u have a small fan, connect to bateries and place next to it so it blows under it)

[9r2e5i3k]

If your laptop is fast enough, I think underclocking (or whatever the antonym for overclocking is) could help a bit.

[BLiSS908]

I had an issue like this with my eMachines M5310.

I suggest you get any vaccum or something like that and suck out any dust or dirt that could be in there. This really helped me a lot, until I got my MacBook which doesn't need to do that.

If that doesn't seem the cause, try to Ctrl+Alt+Del and click processes, then click on CPU and it will show you which software causes the CPU running so high. I think that you could have an infected computer and I suggest you do a virus scan.

-Nik

[Bilbo]

Cheap laptops = Not made for gaming.  :razz:
Expensive laptops = Decent for gaming, but will cost over $2000.

[Kitsune]

Cheap laptops = Not made for gaming.  :razz:
Expensive laptops = Decent for gaming, but will cost over $2000.

"Expensive laptops" can still overheat, if that's what you're suggesting.

My XPS M1530 usually has it's GPU and CPU at around 70-90C during gaming. I'm considering getting one of those laptop coolers too.

[Harald]

So, I can play for like 4-5 hours with mine, then it starts giving sounds..PEEEEEEEEP. But it stops for an hour. Then it starts again. PEEEEEEEEEP, PEEEEEEEEP. That's when I shut it off for a couple of hours, then it works perfectly again.

[Roadkill]

Recently whenever I'm using my laptop I constantly hear this semi-loud to loud buzzing noise that doesn't stop until I turn it off. I realize it's most likely the overheating or fan and ran a fan test, here's the results:

(Fire) GPU: 100C
(Fire) Core: 97C

Any suggestions on what I could do to cool it?

Jesus Christ that is far too hot. Are you obstructing the fan or exhaust out of the back?

My GPU has not seen above 55C yet, even playing highly demanding games.
My CPU is normally around 48C and has never been above 52C, even when playing games.

Bare in mind that this is a desktop, not a laptop, but I'm fairly sure you could get laptop components to run just as cool? I'm bidding on some more fans on eBay to.

I don't know what else you can do to cool a laptop apart from getting a laptop riser and setting all fans to maximum.

[Kitsune]

Jesus Christ that is far too hot. Are you obstructing the fan or exhaust out of the back?

My GPU has not seen above 55C yet, even playing highly demanding games.
My CPU is normally around 48C and has never been above 52C, even when playing games.

Bare in mind that this is a desktop, not a laptop, but I'm fairly sure you could get laptop components to run just as cool?

Uhhh... no...

Laptops get much hotter then desktops and they don't even come close when it comes to how much you can modify them to reduce heat.

I don't know what else you can do to cool a laptop apart from getting a laptop riser and setting all fans to maximum.

If you got a laptop that doesn't run at maximum when it hits 80s/90s, then it's probably faulty. I actually had that problem and had to get my heatsink/fan replaced (was under warranty though).

[Roadkill]

Uhhh... no...

Laptops get much hotter then desktops and they don't even come close when it comes to how much you can modify them to reduce heat.

Uhhh... Well my laptop runs at around 50C CPU on average...

My laptop is coming up to 3 years old.

[BLiSS908]

My Macbook runs at idle temperature of 29ºC.

When I run SA MP, it goes to 50ºC.