Asus G50vt-x5 GPU getting hot

[Italia366]

Not sure if anyone here can help me with this, but i figured id ask.

My laptop gets hot while i play games on it, as most laptops do. But my laptop graphics card is getting so hot that i am getting green pixels all over my screen. I have a gut feeling the dots are from the graphics card getting hot. I noticed that this usually happens when i have it plugged in (Charging). I have a USB cooling pad on it but it seems like it isnt doin much. Any advice for fans, cleaning, or just stuff to keep it cooler?

 

[LiquidSnak]

How old is the computer, and what cooling pad do you have?

 

[Italia366]

How old is the computer, and what cooling pad do you have?

The computer is about a year and a half old and i have a targus cooling pad.

 

[LiquidSnak]

have you blown out the fan port on the laptop? And has this been a persistent issue, or one that has come up recently?

 

[Italia366]

have you blown out the fan port on the laptop? And has this been a persistent issue, or one that has come up recently?

Well im gonna get a can of compressed air and blow it out tomoro (som1 has to get me the air, i dont have it on me). and this has been an issue for a couple months (wasnt as prominent), but it's just getting more and more persistent and frequent.

 

[karlsnooks]

Not sure if anyone here can help me with this, but i figured id ask.

My laptop gets hot while i play games on it, as most laptops do. But my laptop graphics card is getting so hot that i am getting green pixels all over my screen. I have a gut feeling the dots are from the graphics card getting hot. I noticed that this usually happens when i have it plugged in (Charging). I have a USB cooling pad on it but it seems like it isnt doin much. Any advice for fans, cleaning, or just stuff to keep it cooler?

A usb cooling pad isn't going to do much for your overheating problems since it is drawing power from your lap causing your laptop to run hotter.

Besides the normal blowing out all vents with a can of compressed air, then:
Install and run either Speccy or CoreTemp. If CoreTemp, then you will find the CoreTemp gadget useful.

Keep an eye on your temps. Watch you temps, with and without that Targus "cooling" pad. Point a desktop/ table top/ floor fan at your laptop and watch the temps drop.

Use WIN + X key combo and change your power plan to Power Saver. Watch the temps drop.

Usiing WIN + X reduce the display brightness and watch the temps drop.

WIN is the key with the Microsoft flag on top.

Links to speccy and coretemp in my sig.

 

[Italia366]

Not sure if anyone here can help me with this, but i figured id ask.

My laptop gets hot while i play games on it, as most laptops do. But my laptop graphics card is getting so hot that i am getting green pixels all over my screen. I have a gut feeling the dots are from the graphics card getting hot. I noticed that this usually happens when i have it plugged in (Charging). I have a USB cooling pad on it but it seems like it isnt doin much. Any advice for fans, cleaning, or just stuff to keep it cooler?

A usb cooling pad isn't going to do much for your overheating problems since it is drawing power from your lap causing your laptop to run hotter.

Besides the normal blowing out all vents with a can of compressed air, then:
Install and run either Speccy or CoreTemp. If CoreTemp, then you will find the CoreTemp gadget useful.

Keep an eye on your temps. Watch you temps, with and without that Targus "cooling" pad. Point a desktop/ table top/ floor fan at your laptop and watch the temps drop.

Use WIN + X key combo and change your power plan to Power Saver. Watch the temps drop.

Usiing WIN + X reduce the display brightness and watch the temps drop.

WIN is the key with the Microsoft flag on top.

Links to speccy and coretemp in my sig.

What do you mean by pointing a desktop/table top/floor fan at it? like just any external fan that isnt attached to the computer?

And the thing about changing my plan to power saver is it will cause my games to run slower, as they require more of the processor to run smoothly

 

[Bill2]

Dude, if the conventional things dont work for you, you can try changing the gpu thermal paste or undervolting the GPU. Now, both these things are somewhat involved and can ruin your machine if not done properly, so try at your own risk. Theres a thread at notebookreview, you can also look around on the asus forums.

G50vt-x5 Replacing gpu thermal pad

G50VT-Undervolting 9800M GS

 

[karlsnooks]

Italia,

Yep, that's an external fan. Just follow the suggestions that you have received. You will be surprised and pleased.

you can also help us by filling out your system specs:
UPDATE YOUR SEVENFORUMS SYSTEM SPECS


User CP (3rd item in the top menu bar) |
in left-hand column, under Your Profile, Edit System Spec |


Use Speccy - System Information - Free Download
and/or SIW to gather info for filling in the blanks.

Do me a favor and add the word laptop or desktop to the “system manufacturer” block.

Use the “Other Info” block for Optical Reader, Mouse, touchpad, wifi adapter, speakers, monitor

Scroll down and click on the SAVE CHANGES button.

 

[Italia366]

I am now only having this problem when my laptop is charging. once i unplug it the dots go away after a couple minutes. could it be my battery? could my battery while charging cause everything to get hot?

 

[LiquidSnak]

It could be. My battery on my one laptop went bad after six months. The battery on my other laptop of the same age just went bad after five years.

 

[karlsnooks]

Italia,
If you prefer the wording "external" fan, than that is ok.

An external fan will help.

Running in either Balanced or PowerSaver mode will bring down your temp.

You can verify this for youself by installing and running Speccy which is free. (link in my sig).

to know more about the state of your battery, SIW (free and link in my sig) will give you the most detailed battery info that I've found.

 

[Italia366]

Italia,
If you prefer the wording "external" fan, than that is ok.

An external fan will help.

Running in either Balanced or PowerSaver mode will bring down your temp.

You can verify this for youself by installing and running Speccy which is free. (link in my sig).

to know more about the state of your battery, SIW (free and link in my sig) will give you the most detailed battery info that I've found.

ok thanks, i installed speccy already

I have my computer on balanced as well

But whenever i plug my laptop in to charge, within minutes i have green dots. and at one pt a couple weeks ago Windows even said i need to replace my battery, but that notice eventually went away (even tho i never replaced my battery).

 

[karlsnooks]

Italia,

What does the SIW program say about your battery life and condition?

This program may help you see what is using how much power. Under no circumstances interrupt the program during the initial calibration which will probably take about 15 minutesl The screen will go black and you will think the program is hung or that your computer is dead. Just be patient.

Joulemeter - Microsoft Research

 

[masterp6969]

i have a asus g50vtx5 running win 7 64 bit and i got a vent fan like from a bathroom and directed it right in to the heat sink off the left side and my games run fine i was having lag issues from over heating but the an works great!!!!

 

[danwat1234]

But the vent on the side of the laptop (left side) is the exhaust vent. You are pumping air into that vent from a fan? How much did it drop temps?