OK....................................I have been down for most of the day as my laptop decided to try and cook the GPU!!!
Just sitting in the pits in GPBikes before the Endurance Race at Norisring last night, my GPU was at 81 degrees!!!! Both fans were going ape shit and I swear they were fast enough for my laptop to fly!!!
Well...........I dont get money to end of the week and if I use the Thermal paste I want, Arctic MX-2 it will be a week to deliver. This means NO testing or gaming for 2 weeks!!!. Am I going to wait? No Way Jose. I took me grub money and rode to a Maplins and got some Cool Master E1 thermal paste for £7.99 and then did this to my laptop!!!
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Yep, you have to TOTALLY strip the thing to replace the CPU and GPU thermal paste. My laptop is about 2 years old, so it is a bit before I should have to do this but at least I can. It only took 3 hours as I really took care and the time to clean it like new.
The results are great. With no overclocking and at my normal HD 1080p resolution for my system I ran Heaven benchmark and underload the GPU hit 62 degrees!!! I then overclocked the GPU from 620MHz to 690MHz and the memory only 1500 to 1550, as I was being careful and the test ran the temp to only 65 degrees...............woohoo she is fit again.
I then went back into GPBikes, joined a server and sat in the pits for 10 mins( I had moved the Hs2 away to work on the laptop) highest temp was 61 degrees, 20 under the night before!!!
So if you have GPU heat problems I highly recommend replacing the thermal paste on your GPU with Cool Master E1. It is NON electrical conducting by the way, so nice and safe.
I feel some overclocking coming on again woohoo.
DD
Good to see you got your problem fixed mate!
Don't oc your laptop too high.
Well done Double D!
Thanks guys, was worried, had to be done.
Its a ROG system and they are made for it. Running 720MHz and 1570 memory it is still only 66 degrees but makes a difference in FPS hehe so will keep it so for a while to test. Anything under 70 degrees is very safe and the fans were hardly spinning.
DD
Nice job there DD! Glad your back up and running again mate! ;D 8)
Hawk.
I'm an Arctic Silver man myself although I have been getting into a 'French ceramique' lately for laptops. Hehe thermal paste war.
As I said I wanted my MX-2 but 2 weeks no GPB or gaming would kill me and the Cool Master was all there was but is real good. System sitting at 46 solid overclocked it only rises a few degrees when under full load. Just wanted to let folks know its an okay paste to use for a laptop.
DD
PS: Arctic Silver is great shit too bro.