- Mar 16, 2014
- 9
- 1
- 18,515
Hello,
I have an acer aspire laptop, amd 4 core 4 RAM, with a 1GB dedicated AMD Radeon Mobility 5650 card.
From the earliest time my computer has always felt really hot when I use it (my nephew in the UK also has an Acer and his is the same).
I was playing WoW on full screen and smelled burning. I immediately shut the computer off before even checking the temp and played in window form from then on. I also took the laptop apart, replaced the thermal paste and cleaned out any dust (which wasn't that much TBH).
The computer ran fine after this and I always have speedfan on when running any games (which I play on lower settings and in windowed mode). The thing is I have gotten accustomed to it running mid 80s C, No smell, no lagging, no cutting off.
The other night I also had Teamspeak open while playing World of Tanks and it started lagging and I looked at the temps. The CPU was 95C and I think the GPU temp was close. I shit TS off immediately and the temps cooled (but not sure how long they were at the temps).
I played for quite a few hours and did not let it get that high again and there was no lag.
The issue was the next day I opened Photoshop and it said that my video card needed an updated driver. I opened Illustrator etc. without the error.
I updated the driver, restarted my comp but it still gave me the error and stated that it was disabling some of the options.
I recovered my computer to earlier that day and then PS did not give me the error again (and assume that it would have reverted to not blocking these features).
I played tanks and it sometimes lagged but not always.
The issue was the next day all my games seem to be lagging. I am getting an FPS of max 54, sometimes getting down to single digits but only for a second or so. I tried playing two videos on Amazon at the same time and they are running fine.
The weird thing also is my temps are rarely going above 70 which is REALLY strange.
Have a damaged something and if so how can I check?
Thanks so much
I have an acer aspire laptop, amd 4 core 4 RAM, with a 1GB dedicated AMD Radeon Mobility 5650 card.
From the earliest time my computer has always felt really hot when I use it (my nephew in the UK also has an Acer and his is the same).
I was playing WoW on full screen and smelled burning. I immediately shut the computer off before even checking the temp and played in window form from then on. I also took the laptop apart, replaced the thermal paste and cleaned out any dust (which wasn't that much TBH).
The computer ran fine after this and I always have speedfan on when running any games (which I play on lower settings and in windowed mode). The thing is I have gotten accustomed to it running mid 80s C, No smell, no lagging, no cutting off.
The other night I also had Teamspeak open while playing World of Tanks and it started lagging and I looked at the temps. The CPU was 95C and I think the GPU temp was close. I shit TS off immediately and the temps cooled (but not sure how long they were at the temps).
I played for quite a few hours and did not let it get that high again and there was no lag.
The issue was the next day I opened Photoshop and it said that my video card needed an updated driver. I opened Illustrator etc. without the error.
I updated the driver, restarted my comp but it still gave me the error and stated that it was disabling some of the options.
I recovered my computer to earlier that day and then PS did not give me the error again (and assume that it would have reverted to not blocking these features).
I played tanks and it sometimes lagged but not always.
The issue was the next day all my games seem to be lagging. I am getting an FPS of max 54, sometimes getting down to single digits but only for a second or so. I tried playing two videos on Amazon at the same time and they are running fine.
The weird thing also is my temps are rarely going above 70 which is REALLY strange.
Have a damaged something and if so how can I check?
Thanks so much
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram