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How can you get to the CPU? Just remove the keyboard?

most times it is fine if you open the "case" and remove every dust you can find. I don't think it's necessary to rip the mobo out of it but you can :D

How to rip your laptop apart: just google your model and look how to disassemble it

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Hello guys,

 

My laptop, specs below, is becoming 85 degrees when I'm gaming. This causes huge thermal throttles which make games unplayable whilst the CPU is only at 70 - 80% load (I am using Intel HD). When I am stressing the CPU with cinebench, and the CPU is at 100% load, the highest temperature the CPU can get is 70 degrees. Why is my CPU hotter when gaming? Can I do anything against the throttles?

 

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MrChavelo

 

 

 

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CPU: i3 3227U

RAM: Two random SODIMM DDR3 3gb sticks running @ 798 Mhz

GPU: iGPU of CPU (Intel HD 4000)

HDD: Some crappy 465gb Seagate drive

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Maybe it's not getting thermal throttled, but rather just gets bottlenecked by intergrated graphics.

Try monitoring CPU vs. GPU usage (not sure if you can monitor GPU usage with iGPU). Or try monitoring your CPU's frequency (GHz) while gaming. If it gets hot and thermal throttles, it should go lower.

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Maybe it's not getting thermal throttled, but rather just gets bottlenecked by intergrated graphics.

When I'm playing Battlefield 3 on low settings I have a stable 30fps, but sometimes it just drops to 5-10fps for a minute and goes up again.

 

 

Try monitoring CPU vs. GPU usage (not sure if you can monitor GPU usage with iGPU). Or try monitoring your CPU's frequency (GHz) while gaming. If it gets hot and thermal throttles, it should go lower.

I'll try that, thanks

 

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It gets hotter because you stress every component while gaming. And you can't really do a lot about it, maybe buy like one of those laptop cooler pads you put underneath with fans on it. That's how laptops are though, yours isn't made for gaming and most laptops are designed to thermal throttle. 

Yeah, I got this laptop when I was ten. And the only game I was playing then was minecraft. Fortunately I'm going to build my very first own gaming computer very soon

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definatly dust, dust EVRYWERE, i had this problem, my laptop(now dead rest in peperonies) was just full of dust because i almost never cleaned my room(lol), so when it came under stress the fans were just full of dust and the exahust was also full of dust, so i removed the back of it and took a can of air to the cooling and it helped

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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definatly dust, dust EVRYWERE, i had this problem, my laptop(now dead rest in peperonies) was just full of dust because i almost never cleaned my room(lol), so when it came under stress the fans were just full of dust and the exahust was also full of dust, so i removed the back of it and took a can of air to the cooling and it helped

I'll clean it this evening or tomorrow, thanks!

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did you clean it? did you open it and removed all the dust? it seems to be an older laptop

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definatly dust, dust EVRYWERE, i had this problem, my laptop(now dead rest in peperonies) was just full of dust because i almost never cleaned my room(lol), so when it came under stress the fans were just full of dust and the exahust was also full of dust, so i removed the back of it and took a can of air to the cooling and it helped

 

 

did you clean it? did you open it and removed all the dust? it seems to be an older laptop

How can you get to the CPU? Just remove the keyboard?

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How can you get to the CPU? Just remove the keyboard?

i just riped evrything out the botom including the mobo were the CPU was mounted and cleaned it and then put it back together, thank god for the internet otherwise id have no clue on how to put it back together :P

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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How can you get to the CPU? Just remove the keyboard?

most times it is fine if you open the "case" and remove every dust you can find. I don't think it's necessary to rip the mobo out of it but you can :D

How to rip your laptop apart: just google your model and look how to disassemble it

GUITAR BUILD LOG FROM SCRATCH OUT OF APPLEWOOD

 

- Ryzen Build -

R5 3600 | MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX | 16GB CL16 3200MHz Corsair LPX | Dark Rock 4

MSI 2060 Super Gaming X

1TB Intel 660p | 250GB Kingston A2000 | 1TB Seagate Barracuda | 2TB WD Blue

be quiet! Silent Base 601 | be quiet! Straight Power 550W CM

2x Dell UP2516D

 

- First System (Retired) -

Intel Xeon 1231v3 | 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Dual Channel | Gigabyte H97 D3H | Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1 | 525 GB Crucial MX 300 | 1 TB + 2 TB Seagate HDD
be quiet! 500W Straight Power E10 CM | be quiet! Silent Base 800 with stock fans | be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 | 2x Dell UP2516D

Reviews: be quiet! Silent Base 800 | MSI GTX 950 OC

 

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most times it is fine if you open the "case" and remove every dust you can find. I don't think it's necessary to rip the mobo out of it but you can :D

How to rip your laptop apart: just google your model and look how to disassemble it

I managed to remove some of the dust. Now the CPU isn't going any higher than 70 degrees. Thanks!

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