This laptop is beautiful, and runs beyond my wildest dreams. But the CPU runs way too hot.
It hits around 85 celsius max in stress tests, but in video games it's a lot worse. I run this thing with a laptop cooler, and the CPU hit 100 Celsius during a match of Dota (the whole session lasted an hour). It's not even the heaviest game, but this is a recurring problem. Ever since I got the laptop (about a week ago), it regularly peaks at 90+ degrees on the CPU.
Maxing out the laptop fans manually while running the laptop cooler keeps it below 90, but just barely. If I lower the settings, the problem goes away, but I'm just alarmed at it running this hot. I understand thin form-factor Max-Q laptops have thermal issues, but I never knew it was this bad.
I might disable Intel Turbo Boost and snip a few other things, but I'd rather have the laptop working with all its features.
Should I be worried? What should I do?
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/imgur.com/UfWhFNO
EDIT: It also goes as high as 81 degrees while using Chrome
UPDATE: Played 2 games of Dota (a little over an hour in total), with the laptop fans running at 90%, along with the laptop cooler, and the CPU still touched 100 degrees Celsius.
This seems like a hardware fault to me, I've never seen laptops go this hot on medium tasks.
Also, it runs at 75 on idle, and above 80 with a single tab of Chrome open.
It hits around 85 celsius max in stress tests, but in video games it's a lot worse. I run this thing with a laptop cooler, and the CPU hit 100 Celsius during a match of Dota (the whole session lasted an hour). It's not even the heaviest game, but this is a recurring problem. Ever since I got the laptop (about a week ago), it regularly peaks at 90+ degrees on the CPU.
Maxing out the laptop fans manually while running the laptop cooler keeps it below 90, but just barely. If I lower the settings, the problem goes away, but I'm just alarmed at it running this hot. I understand thin form-factor Max-Q laptops have thermal issues, but I never knew it was this bad.
I might disable Intel Turbo Boost and snip a few other things, but I'd rather have the laptop working with all its features.
Should I be worried? What should I do?
https
/imgur.com/UfWhFNOEDIT: It also goes as high as 81 degrees while using Chrome
UPDATE: Played 2 games of Dota (a little over an hour in total), with the laptop fans running at 90%, along with the laptop cooler, and the CPU still touched 100 degrees Celsius.
This seems like a hardware fault to me, I've never seen laptops go this hot on medium tasks.
Also, it runs at 75 on idle, and above 80 with a single tab of Chrome open.
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