Laptop cpu at 100 ºC +, gpu at at normal 60 ºC

[the707guy]

Any tips on how to keep it cool? Here are my laptop temperatures http://prntscr.com/4q27w0

I have an asus R510DP-FH11

I have a laptop colling pad underneath my laptop, and it keeps the top and everything cool, but the air blowing out the side is really hot.

Should I clean out my fan and cpu? If so any tips on how too?

 

[darkbreeze]

Since I don't see a turbo core option in the BIOS, you might look there though and if there is, disable it for now, you can start with going into the advance power settings in control panel and setting the maximum processor state under processor power management to 99% to keep the system from boosting the cores which increases heat.

Next you might try getting a can of compressed air, or if you have access to an air compressor use an air nozzle, and blow out the fan intake and exhaust vents in the side and bottom of the laptop. The unit might even need a repaste, but since it's not really all THAT old, it shouldn't be too dried out yet. Might just be a bad mount or paste job on the cpu heat sink. Is the fan working normally, that you can hear and from what you can tell. Does it seem to be running full blast at those temps and just not cooling or is it not running at max speed anymore?

 

[the707guy]

Since I don't see a turbo core option in the BIOS, you might look there though and if there is, disable it for now, you can start with going into the advance power settings in control panel and setting the maximum processor state under processor power management to 99% to keep the system from boosting the cores which increases heat.

Next you might try getting a can of compressed air, or if you have access to an air compressor use an air nozzle, and blow out the fan intake and exhaust vents in the side and bottom of the laptop. The unit might even need a repaste, but since it's not really all THAT old, it shouldn't be too dried out yet. Might just be a bad mount or paste job on the cpu heat sink. Is the fan working normally, that you can hear and from what you can tell. Does it seem to be running full blast at those temps and just not cooling or is it not running at max speed anymore?

I don't think my fan is even running at max anymore, that's why I bought a cooling pad, How can you tell if its a bad mount or paste on the cpu heat sink? I plan to open up my laptop tommrow.

 

[the707guy]

Since I don't see a turbo core option in the BIOS, you might look there though and if there is, disable it for now, you can start with going into the advance power settings in control panel and setting the maximum processor state under processor power management to 99% to keep the system from boosting the cores which increases heat.

Next you might try getting a can of compressed air, or if you have access to an air compressor use an air nozzle, and blow out the fan intake and exhaust vents in the side and bottom of the laptop. The unit might even need a repaste, but since it's not really all THAT old, it shouldn't be too dried out yet. Might just be a bad mount or paste job on the cpu heat sink. Is the fan working normally, that you can hear and from what you can tell. Does it seem to be running full blast at those temps and just not cooling or is it not running at max speed anymore?

The bottom of my laptop is always cool, but my cpu temp is pretty high and hot air comes out the vents. But my brother's laptop is much more powerful and doesn't have a cooling pad and still has a lower temp on the cpu and is super hot at the sides, palm rest, and bottom.

 

[darkbreeze]

There is no way to tell about the paste job without disassembling the unit and removing the heatsink from the cpu. In which case, at that point you would have to repaste anyhow so basically, plan to repast if you go that far because you will have to. I would definitely try to see if there is any crap built up in there first and worry about a repaste second. Obviously I don't know the age of your rig but perhaps the fan motor has gotten weak and even at full voltage is unable to maintain sufficient RPM's to keep the rig cool.

 

[the707guy]

There is no way to tell about the paste job without disassembling the unit and removing the heatsink from the cpu. In which case, at that point you would have to repaste anyhow so basically, plan to repast if you go that far because you will have to. I would definitely try to see if there is any crap built up in there first and worry about a repaste second. Obviously I don't know the age of your rig but perhaps the fan motor has gotten weak and even at full voltage is unable to maintain sufficient RPM's to keep the rig cool.

It's about 7 months old.
am I able to replace the fan with a stonger fan?

 

[velo3100]

What are you doing when this temps occur?

 

[the707guy]

What are you doing when this temps occur?

Well, when im not doing anything, it's usually at like 93 C to 100 C with everything close and on high preformance. When Im playing a game it would go to 110+. Some games go up to 148 C and then my laptop shutsdown.

Today I opened up my laptop and saw a lot of dust around my battery and above my fan. I don't know how to check if I got dust in the heat sink.
Im just going to spray it down a compressed air bottle and blow out the heatsink vent from the inside sinceI don't know how else to get to it.

 

[velo3100]

These are quite high temps in my opinion. CPU temps go up when it is dealing with processes. Do you have a lot of processes running in the background?

 

[darkbreeze]

Yeah, those temps are way out of control. Package temp should never, ever, be 123 degrees C. I'm surprised it is even still working, IF the temps are accurate. Have you tried going into the BIOS to see what the CPU temp is being reported at? The unit should have throttled itself down long before those temps were reached I would think. If the fan is no longer running at high speed, it is either in need of replacement or it's not being told to run at high speed. As I mentioned before, you need to go into the BIOS and confirm the high CPU temps. You also need to, as mentioned before, go into the control panel power options, click on your current plan setting (Which is what, by the way?) and set the max CPU power setting to 99% and make sure the minimum cpu power setting is at 5%. Also, make sure the cooling fan policy is set to active and not passive. You can get there by clicking on change power settings for your current power plan and clicking on advanced power settings and then processor power management.

If everything is set as mentioned, I'd double check any possible BIOS settings related to the cooling fan. After that, it's probably a cleaning and a repaste of the cpu heatsink, and it might not be a bad idea to just change the fan if you've gone that far as the fan will be right there and likely have to be removed anyhow.

 

[darkbreeze]

Also, those cooling mats don't do a whole lot more than help keep the case and battery a bit cooler. They help some, but they don't really do much of anything for the components inside the case like the cpu and graphics adapter or hard drive.