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[FreezingWolves]

Hi I know this may be a simple problem to solve but it's turning into a major one. Apparently even playing MWO on low overheats my Asus (w/ ati hd 5780 card) with a fan stand under it as well. What's worse is now no matter what game I play like League of Legend or World of Tanks my computer overheats when it use to play them fine. I've turned the setting on every single game on low, made sure no background programs were playing and still it overheats. I need some tech knowledge here guys. Step by step instruction would be awesome also.

[Ocilfa]

Here's some ideas:

-Open a window
-Turn off your heater
-Vacuum any dust built up inside your case.
-Invest in more/better case fan(Look for high CFM)
-Play in intervals
-Try Praying

If none of these work, consider looking for a new card. The 5000 series is admittedly warm. I have a 7850 and it stays under 60C with max setting on this game at 1080p.

[ShadowSpirit]

It's not just your system. I know several folks who have CPU issues when in the Mech Lab especially. After a drop I can just hear the fans spin up as well.

[Flapdrol]

If it gets too hot, open the case and clean out the dust, make sure to touch the metal of the case first, dont wanna kill your pc with esd.

If you crash in all games it's probably not heat but a defective part, part that get too hot clock down as a safety measure, crippling performance, but it shouldn't cause crashes.

Edited by Flapdrol, 25 February 2013 - 04:52 AM.

[Denimdemon]

I think OP is running a ASUS Laptop, check the exhaust and try to clean with a vacuum.
if you feel comfortable dismantle the keyboard then you should have access to the cpu cooler and check if its blocked with dirt.

[Catamount]

Keep in mind, he's apparently using a laptop (as indicated by the machine having a fan under it; can't put a fan under a desktop).

Asus notebooks are pretty good with heat in my experience. My own GPU doesn't get much above 70, though admittedly it only has half the TDP of the 5870. OP, you probably either have dust buildup, a bad need to repaste the chip, or both. Clean out the dust, and if that doesn't fix it, then the thermal pad has probably had it after all these years. Apply some non-conductive thermal paste with a copper shim placed in there to close the air gap (you can get them on ebay real cheap), and it will fix this problem.

You can also down clock the card, or, if your card's hardware allows, you can use MSI Afterburner or Sapphire Trixx to under volt the card a bit, reducing temps with no performance loss (as long as you don't push it so low that it's unstable, but didn't worry if you do, as you can just bump it back up).

In short, you have many options, but let's start with just making sure the machine is clear of dust.

Edited by Catamount, 25 February 2013 - 06:10 AM.

[Fooooo]

Grab MSI afterburner.

Setup a custom fan profile and set it to 100% fan cycle at say 50 degrees.

If this doesn't help, you can try reducing the framerate. (if you are getting over 30fps that is.)

add

sys_maxfps = 30

into your user.cfg, this will limit the amount of frames meaning your gpu / cpu is not being used as much.....as long as you were getting over 30fps to begin with that is.

If its still too hot after all this, reduce graphic settings to the lowest you can.


Other then that, open up your laptop and clean the fans & heatsinks of dust.

Still overheating ?

GPU heatsink may need re-seating / paste or get faster fans and install them, which is probably not something you have done before so I would not recommend it.

It would probably be easier to upgrade your gpu so it suffers less usage but im not sure what you can upgrade to with laptops.

Edited by Fooooo, 25 February 2013 - 06:48 AM.

[Catamount]

I believe Foooo has a point there. Limiting framerates will go a long ways at stopping overheating, as I believe that's why the mechlab causes machines to overheat. We used to see this in Star Trek Online a lot: the 1000fps+ loading screens were literally melting graphics cards (Nvidia cards, specifically, which lacked any kind of real power regulation at the time and violated their own TDP habitually).

I think the mechlab may be suffering from a lesser extent of this.

[Ocilfa]

Admittedly, a laptop does make more sense for his description lol.

[maXe72]

Hmm, maybe you should add some heatsinks to your rig ?

Sry, just kidding.

Edited by maXe72, 25 February 2013 - 01:03 PM.

[FreezingWolves]

Thanks guys. I'm currently Re-cleaning my LAPTOP! (Sorry) lol and going inside to see if it has built up dust. Also where can I go to look at the framerates for that said suggestion posted above?

[Catamount]

Well you can download the trial version of Fraps to monitor your fps (It's good software to have in general).

[Flapdrol]

Pressing F9 ingame will show you fps.

If you want to monitor fps and gpu temps I recommend msi afterburner (free and works on all brands). If you want to know cpu max temps I'd run coretemp in the background, after a game you'll be able to see how hot it got.

Edited by Flapdrol, 25 February 2013 - 03:23 PM.

[lupanwolf]

Good day. I would suggest that you have someone take a look at the heat transfer compound/paste. The white stuff between your processor and heatsink. If it dries up your pc will get really hot in no time. Replace it if it's hard or powdery. Also a solution to GPU problems if your monitor suddenly turns black in the middle of an intense gaming session. I would also suggest you first download a program called CPUID monitor to check the temp of both your pc and GPU. It's free just google it.

Check if your pc is running hot even on standby. Normal temperature for my core2 duo is less than 50 degrees celcius and 50 to 55 for my GPU. When playing game it reaches 70+ degrees but not more than 80. Hope this helps.

[Atlas32]

I know the exact model of Laptop you're using as two of my friends own it. It has a bad issue with overheating apparently because they both do it A LOT.

But yeah, download a program so that you can control the fans and make sure they turn on 100% by like 70c

[Chavette]

vsync is your friend. If the system is not powerful enough to get capped from vsync on lower settings, youre SOL