G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

Hi,



I got my G73 around June, and it worked fine for about 2 months before it started overheating on WoW. The right end of the laptop would get really hot, and would just shut down after a while. REALLY hot. I called up the ASUS guys here in India, and they repasted the thermal paste and ever since then everything has been fine. Until the Crysis 2 demo. For some reason, whenever I run the new demo the middle end gets hot (definitely not as hot as earlier), and the laptop shuts down. The AMD GPU clock tool shows steady temperatures of 90-95 degrees. Is the CPU the problem? Because whenever I run Crysis 2 the fps is awesome on max settings, but sometimes quick turns to the side can get a bit laggy (heard somewhere that this signifies some CPU problems). Forgive me if I'm being completely idiotic here, but I really want to play Crysis 2! I've been playing Dragon Age 2 along with Crysis 2, and haven't encountered a problem with that as yet. Help would be appreciated.



Thanks

Reply 1 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

repaste again?

Reply 2 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

Your GPU temps are pretty hight. What are your CPU temps?

I recommend opening the system and cleaning it, dust may have clogged the vents or similar. Also repaste both GPU and CPU (unless the CPU temps are fine of course) I recommend repasting it yourself, it's not that hard as you may think and you probably have a better result in the end when doing it correctly. But if you feel uncomfortable doing so let the Asus guys do it.

Reply 3 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

almost g73 have overheat problem after 3 months or sooner, mine too bought april, overheat on june, RMA twice, tha'ts sucks!!!

Reply 4 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

Downloading Everest, will post the CPU temperatures soon. What is a good CPU temperature for the G73? Why does the fan on the right run all the time, but never the fan on the left? (This happens with everyone right). I'm going to run dragon age for 2-3 hours and see how it goes with that.



Also, is there some youtube video you know of which tells me how to repaste the thermal paste. I would look for it myself but don't really know a good way from bad :/



Thanks again.

Reply 5 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

The fan on the left is the CPU. The one on the right is your GPU. Sounds like you need a GPU repaste. I doubt your CPU needs it but you can do it if you want to. I'd wait until your warranty is over.

Reply 6 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

Okay idle CPU temperature is 48 degrees, and idle GPU temp is 70-75. When I ran dragon age 2 for about half an hour, AIDA showed CPU temperature as 62 degrees, and GPU as 91, 102, and 95. I need to repaste again?

Reply 7 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

Really high idle temps for the GPU, the CPU is perfectly fine. It's time for repasting. There's a slight possibility that it's because of dust and not because of the paste, but that's almost impossible as the CPU temps are fine.

Reply 8 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

What is the ambient room temp? And are you gaming on a hard surface so the area underneath the G73 is clear? The notebook automatically powers off when the GPU hits 110C or so as a thermal protection mechanism.



Paste does not make more than a few degrees difference unless they didn't put enough on to cover the entire GPU die which is unlikely. The problems with these notebooks are that the GPU heatsink is somewhat inadequate and the RAM thermal pads press up on the heatsink and reduce its contact area on the GPU itself. Basically the GPU cooling sucks which is ridiculous considering the size of these notebooks. There's plenty of room in there to design better cooling but they skimped.



Depending on your ambient room temp, 90-100C is a distinct possibility when gaming. Idle will probably vary from 45-55C. It really all depends on room temp.

Reply 9 : G73jH overheating after thermal repasting

If you hit 100, but no higher, you're probably fine.