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GPU overheating
I have an nVidia GTS250 that, in the last couple of months, has decided that it has a problem with newer games. Older games are fine, but anything made in the last couple of years will eventually make ...
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What does the LN2 switch on Asus ROG motherboards actually change?
I have an Asus ROG series motherboard (it's a Maximus IV Extreme) and there's a toggle switch on the board called the "LN2 Mode Switch". I gather this is used to try and remedy cold boot bugs when ...
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What's the maximum safe temperature for a HD Radeon 6870?
I'm running a passively cooled HD Radeon 6870 in my PC. While using 3D Acceleration, the temperature climbs up to 95 degrees Celsius according to SpeedFan. It seems a bit hot, but on the other hand ...
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Fitting Corsair H60 into NZXT m59
I'm building a desktop for the first time with the NZXT m59 case and I'm trying to install a Corsair H60 liquid cooler.
It appears to be already set up and everything so all I need to do is attach ...
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Laptops and heat
I have dealt with dozens of laptops over the years that simply cannot withstand maintained 100% CPU usage for more than a short while using stock cooling. Not one (although to be fair they're mostly ...
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MacBook Pro suddenly getting very hot when using external monitor
My MBP (unibody, Summer 2010) has suddenly begun getting very hot and running the fans at full speed when I have an external monitor plugged in via the mini display port. I've used the monitor for ...
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What is the best liquid for a liquid cooling system?
I am thinking of putting together a gaming computer with a home-built cooling system. I was wondering what I should use in order to not have it freeze up.
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Mounting the Thermalright HR-02 Macho cooler on Asus P8Z68-V?
I just bought a HR-02 Macho for use with my Asus P8Z68-V without completely reading through all the documents on Thermalrights website. Upon trying to mount it on the motherboard, I noticed that there ...
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What is the safe temperature limit for a consumer SATA hard drive?
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My personal desktop system at home has 5 SATA drives racked up inside. Recently my system started failing in odd ways like random kernel panics and I eventually traced it to random ...
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Invalid (100°C?) CPU temp sensor - how do I disable throttling?
I have a Quad core Q9550 processor, and it is displaying the temperature of 86 - 100 °C. I'm pretty sure that's not correct, since just a few minutes ago I have reapplied the thermal parse and right ...
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MacBook Pro laptop cooling pad DIY
I'm planning to create my own cooling pad for my MacBook Pro (2011).
Which is the better airflow direction - is it preferred to suck air away from the MacBook, or blow it towards the Mac?
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Can I use an old sempron stock heat sink with a Phenom II processor?
I'm upgrading from an old AMD Sempron 140 to a Phenom II 945. The motherboard will be the same.
Assuming I'm not planning to overclock, can I still use the same stock AMD heat sink that came with ...
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HP DV7 shows blank screen and does not start up, probably due to heat issues
I have a HP DV7, with an AMD Turion X2 ZM-85, purchased about 1.5 years ago.
Initially the laptop screen turned black. Only the screen – the machine was running. I could hear the fan spinning. Then I ...
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Does Catalyst Control Center Manual Fan Control get disabled when GPU dangerously overheats?
I'd like to enable AMD Overdrive and Manual Fan Control in Catalyst Control Center and reduce fan speed to minimum (20%) but I'm afraid what happens if I start using the card heavily and forget to ...
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Is a cooling fan necessary for a laptop similar to the ASUS K73E?
Is a cooling fan necessary for a laptop similar to the ASUS K73E?
I'm not entirely sure about this. After working with one the other day for a client, it seemed like it was running pretty cool, but ...
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After replacing CPU cooler, PC doesn't power on
So I bought a new AC Freezer 7 Pro to replace the stock cooler.
I fixed it on, and at first it only works for a few seconds, then shuts off. Of course, I realised it was the thermal shutoff. I saw ...
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Standby of the Windows Server 2008 r2
We have a computation rack server (PY RX600S5 X7550) running Windows Server 2008 r2. We access the server by remote desktop.
Sometimes it happens that the temperature raises in the room where it is ...
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Ubuntu heating my laptop
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 (classic). The laptop is getting very very hot and often it shuts down due to over heat.
When I use Windows on the same laptop (dual boot) its fine and heat is almost ...
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CPU temperature too high but fan not running at max speed
I think I am having some problem with processor fan... it never runs on full speed event though my processor temperature is going so high. I am using HWMonitor (also speedfan) to record temperatures ...
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XSensors is giving me scary readings ?
I am these readings from XSensors, really scary can someone tell me what might be wrong with my system. I did replace the thermal compound with Cooler Master HTK-002 still no difference the ...
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What is the ideal/normal CPU temperature? (Intel Q2800) [closed]
I think I am having some problem with processor fan... but I am not sure as I never checked the temperature before so I don’t know currently is it ok or not.
I am using HWMonitor to record ...
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Why does my laptop gets extremely hot when battery is in and an intensive task is running?
I've run into this issue already, where when the battery is in and I'm running Folding@Home or other extremely CPU intensive tasks a temperature monitor reports temperatures up to 200°F/92°C. ...
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Dell Inspiron 1564 overheating but fan not switching on, how to diagnose?
I've got a Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop that is about one and a half years old. Since about a week, the laptop started to overheat, causing it to switch off unexpectedly...
The cpu fan is working ...
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Will an SSD help prevent laptop overheating?
My laptop has a severe overheating problem, even though it's quite new (< 6 month). It's still regularly overheating to the point where it shuts down. This usually happens while playing games but ...
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Can I install a new separate graphics card in my desktop pc
I have a Core2Duo processor (E6300, @1.86 GHz). I want to know if installing a separate new graphics card eat up more CPU's power than having an integrated graphics.
And also do I have to pay more ...
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Gateway NV52 Randomly Shutting Down After 15min of Memtest
I have a gateway NV52 that is randomly shutting down after running memtest from the Ubuntu Live CD, I have also tried the memtest on a regular cd and memtest on the ultimate boot cd.
The test run for ...
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Does RAM cooling make a difference to performance?
Just what the title states.
I'm looking to add a heat-spreader to my DDR3-1333 CL9 chips, and wondering whether it might make a difference ... and if so, how much
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Is there a 4 port graphics card with active cooling? [closed]
As I wrote in the question, does anybody know a PCI/PCI express graphics card for PC that has 4 ports and is actively cooled. If possible in half-height format (but that's not a must).
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What is an acceptable temperature spread between CPU & heatsink temps?
My computer gives the following temperatures:
CPU: 68°C
CPU Heatsink: 52°C
Can I read these numbers to interpret how efficiently heat is being conducted away from the CPU?
If so, is there a ...
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i7 with aftermarket heatsink still hot
I have an i7 2600 processor running with an after market coolermaster heatsink. I've tried two different aftermarket heatsinks and the stock. The cpu runs at idle around 40-45c in my room that is ...
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Why does my laptop overheat and slow down even when I'm doing light things?
Here's my spec.
System
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Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
Model HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
Total amount of ...
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Can I use a wine cooler as a PC case? [closed]
I've always wanted a custom PC case that housed my routers, external NAS, motherboard and hard drives that kept everything at a steady temperature since my room does not get the best cooling (very hot ...
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My HP ProBook 4530s got much hotter with Ubuntu Linux than Windows 7
I have a ProBook 4530S with Windows 7 on it. I've got the software drivers from here.
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 x64 on it. I am noticing that the notebook became much hotter, even after ...
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How can I make my laptop cooler and quieter?
The laptop coolers on my Clevo W870CU are not very quiet, especially when gaming.
Is it possible to replace the laptop cooler with a quieter cooler that still has the same air flow?
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How can I make my desktop PC cooler and quieter?
I own a three year-old HP Pavilion Elite housed beneath my desk. Last week, for the first time I opened the case of my computer and thoroughly cleaned the insides.
Since then the computer runs ...
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What is push-pull cooling?
I was reading review site that said the best option to setup a liquid cooling system (Corsair h100) would be to use a push-pull configuration.
What does this mean?
My guess was
air pulled from ...
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How do i measure the size of an unknown computer fan?
I recently picked up an old system with fairly noisy fans. I'd like to replace them, but the fans themselves don't have any mention of their size. Now, I know that there's standard sizes like 40, 60, ...
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My laptop stays on only with the help of… hair dryer
My HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop can not stay on if I do not use the hair dryer to cool it.
I have cut (!) the plastic case from the behind to get more air. However this was not a solution because it ...
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Evidently, my case fans have not been spinning for several months, so now what?
What sort of wear and tear might have I incurred from having my always-on desktop PC run without its two case fans for the last 2-3 months? Is there anything I should do to diagnose if there's a ...
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Dual-GPU CUDA Workstation Configuration Issues/Advice [closed]
Our group is trying to put a few CUDA-capable GPUs we have lying around the lab into action, and we would like to get any advice and/or suggestions on what we're thinking of doing as far as a setup is ...
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Single big fan vs. two small fans in a laptop cooler pad
Is it true to say that a single fan in the middle of the laptop cooler pad would be sufficient because the fan will "dissipate" the cooling air around?
Or is it true that most of the dissipation ...
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Is there such a thing as a wireless laptop cooler?
I need a wireless laptop cooler (well I hate wires =D)
I've searched around for quite a bit but there isn't one, before I continue searching (in vain) is there even such a thing?
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Is there a readily available liquid within which one could successfully fully submerge and run a PC?
Liquid cooling taken to the extreme? No fans, just all the hardware submerged in Liquid X?
Q1: Can this be done?
Q2: Can this be done outside of DARPA? (i.e., with a substance readily available to ...
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What factors are relevant when buying thermal paste?
Based on the answers on this question, I'll probably go buy some new thermal paste. Unfortunately, the marketplace is flooded with spiffy-sounding products at wildly varying prices. I might just go to ...
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Does unused thermal paste get old?
I've got two small unlabeled plastic syringes with white thermal paste - these are probably 8 years old. Should I throw them out and buy new?
I'll need some paste to build reassemble a mid-range ...
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Folding@Home client on a laptop: Is it safe for long periods?
I'm running Folding@Home SMP version on a new Thinkpad X220 laptop since I can't use it for daily development but find it useful to run a MySQL VM. Since its just sitting there I've been running ...
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External USB drive enclosures: Plastic or Metallic for better heat dissipation? [closed]
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Is an external hard disk with a metallic chasing better for heat dissipation than a plastic one?
I noticed a metallic casing is warmer for the same disk than a plastic ...
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How can I cool down a laptop power supply?
Yes, that's right. A laptop power supply.
This afternoon I was playing Minecraft on my ASUS laptop. As many Minecraft players know the game is written in Java which, on high settings, can force quite ...
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Where does most of the laptop heat come from? [closed]
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What makes a laptop overheat?
I have an Asus n61jq laptop that runs very hot even when idle. The processor is an i7 720QM while the graphics card is an Mobility Radeon ...
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Can I disable the fans on my e35M pro?
I built an HTPC / home server with a e-35m pro from Asus. Unfortunately, it makes an annoying amount of sound. It uses a 60mm fan to cool the CPU (an AMD Fusion). It also has a 120mm casefan. The hard ...
