Hi.
I was forced to download a temperature monitor for my laptop when it'd begun overheating more frequently while gaming. I downloaded the CPUID Hardware Monitor, and it's been quite handy since. However, frequently monitoring the temperatures hasn't helped to prevent the shutdowns.
Two of the games I play are World of Warcraft and Left 4 Dead. When I originally bought my laptop (Intel Core i5, 2.40ghz, 8gb ram, 64bit, ATI Radeon HD 4670) it was able to run those on medium to highest graphics settings, and the overheating was not an issue for some time. I wouldn't close the games out for hours on end and I never had auto shutdowns happen, despite overheating occurring as time went on.
As the overheating became much more of an issue, I ended up purchasing a cooling pad... which pretty much solved the issue. However, now for some reason, even with the cooling pad, the laptop can't run the games at the medium and highest graphics settings, as the frames per second will drop dramatically. In fact, Left 4 Dead has to be played at the lowest of settings. Even WoW can't be played at 'Good' or 'Recommended' settings for very long.
Now, I've tried cleaning the inside of the laptop; dust cleaning and stuff, bought a higher watt ac adapter, and better cooling pad.
Idle temp:
CPU: #0: 35C /// #2: 49C
GPU: #1: 53C /// #2: 53C
Gaming:
CPU: 60-70C (It doesn't go much higher than this)
GPU: 70-80-84 (It gradually goes up from 60)
Lately what's happened is, the cooling pad doesn't seem to even be working anymore. It's on and running, but it's not cooling the laptop very well. I don't get a chance to see what the temp is at before the laptop shuts down, but I'm going to guess after I see it reach 84C, it's only a matter of time before it hits 90C and shuts itself down.
What are my solutions here? It's becoming impossible for me to even play games anymore.
I was forced to download a temperature monitor for my laptop when it'd begun overheating more frequently while gaming. I downloaded the CPUID Hardware Monitor, and it's been quite handy since. However, frequently monitoring the temperatures hasn't helped to prevent the shutdowns.
Two of the games I play are World of Warcraft and Left 4 Dead. When I originally bought my laptop (Intel Core i5, 2.40ghz, 8gb ram, 64bit, ATI Radeon HD 4670) it was able to run those on medium to highest graphics settings, and the overheating was not an issue for some time. I wouldn't close the games out for hours on end and I never had auto shutdowns happen, despite overheating occurring as time went on.
As the overheating became much more of an issue, I ended up purchasing a cooling pad... which pretty much solved the issue. However, now for some reason, even with the cooling pad, the laptop can't run the games at the medium and highest graphics settings, as the frames per second will drop dramatically. In fact, Left 4 Dead has to be played at the lowest of settings. Even WoW can't be played at 'Good' or 'Recommended' settings for very long.
Now, I've tried cleaning the inside of the laptop; dust cleaning and stuff, bought a higher watt ac adapter, and better cooling pad.
Idle temp:
CPU: #0: 35C /// #2: 49C
GPU: #1: 53C /// #2: 53C
Gaming:
CPU: 60-70C (It doesn't go much higher than this)
GPU: 70-80-84 (It gradually goes up from 60)
Lately what's happened is, the cooling pad doesn't seem to even be working anymore. It's on and running, but it's not cooling the laptop very well. I don't get a chance to see what the temp is at before the laptop shuts down, but I'm going to guess after I see it reach 84C, it's only a matter of time before it hits 90C and shuts itself down.
What are my solutions here? It's becoming impossible for me to even play games anymore.
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