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How hot does YOUR laptop get?
Recently I found the Intel Thermal Analysis Tool, and to my surprise it was far more effective in heating up my laptop than either Folding@Home or Prime95. So effective even, that my laptop would crash in seconds without undervolting, and reaches 80 degrees Celsius with undervolting in a rather cool room (19C).
So I wonder, does it crash all laptops? Save your data, try running the tool, load your CPU (both cores if you have 2) and see if your laptop crashes or not :)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/392/mirrors.php
edit: I have an ASUS F3Ja with a T7200 cpu
edit: to clarify, only vote if you ran the Intel Thermal Analysis Tool!
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I ran the tool without undervolting on both cores. Both shot up to the mid 70s and stayed there pretty constantly. I only ran the tool for 1-1.5 minutes because I didn't want to set me new computer on fire or anything, haha.
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Just as a good measure, I will test my C2D E6300 stock cooling, no overclocking and stock voltages. I also recently got this program roughly 2 days ago and love it.
Remember this is my desktop.
Both Cores 100% Load
Both Core hover at 65-66 Degree Celcius, while the CPU fan spins at a whopping 28000rpm, yes the sound is noticeable about 3 feet away, and it a "whirr" type sound.
I ran TAT for 2 minutes.
Also, those who do test please tells us what laptop you have and specs, or specify that the specs are in sig. :D
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lol that was scary.
i've got a w3j and when i ran it the two cores hovered between 75 and 76. i don't think either of them ever hit 77. once the cores hit 75 it fires the fan up to full speed. the air coming out of there is hot too, but actually i think the air was at its hottest in the 70-75 range, due to the lower fan speed. i'm a little scared as to what would happen if i put 100% load on the x1600 at the same time - games certainly don't seem to get the laptop that hot, so it must not be using the cpu 100%.
what also amazed me was how fast it cooled off once i turned off the cpu load - it dropped down into the 50s in under 15 seconds, especially once i switched the p4g mode back to quiet office.
edit: missed milestone pc's post, my w3j has the t2500, 2 gigs of ram, x1600 - basically it has the ingredients to get really hot, especially in 14". congrats to asus for making a cooling system that seems to be adequate
edit2: just fyi, even at 100% on both cores, my music never even studdered - yay!
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I ran the tool without undervolting on both cores. Both shot up to the mid 70s and stayed there pretty constantly. I only ran the tool for 1-1.5 minutes because I didn't want to set me new computer on fire or anything, haha.
i'm suprised that your laptop stays reasonably cool .. mine overheats in under a minute
apparently the cooling system on my F3Ja sucks?
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I asked the mods numerous times to ban these topics or make a sticky thats says "Under full load your laptop should run between 70C and 80C without undervolting". If you see 85C it is still normal. Above 90C i would worry and clean your fans. In the history of all asus laptops i ve tested i would say that 70-80C is the average for full load without undervolting. Very few will stay coller then 70C on full load. It depends on the cpu, the heatsink and the way it is made. If you have temps reaching 85C at full load it is completely normal. My m5n which is now over 2 years of age reaches past 85C if i try and idles at about 70C. I use it alot and its been running great. Please please do not pour flame on the fire and stop making these threads that only make people worry about their perfectly working laptop.
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If it does it is not becuase your laptop is overheating. Please define crash. Based on your temp 80C is definitely not overheating. Make sure you test without undervolting. What does it reach without undervolting? 85C? that is still within range.
I'm calling my shots as I see them, and when I run the TAT, it crashes my laptop after reaching peak temperatures of 90 degrees. At that point (after what I guess is 30 seconds into the test), the tool indicates that thermal throttling is active and the laptop momentarily cools down to 70C. Then, after a few seconds the thermal throttling is deactivated and it shoots up to 90C again, crashing soon after.
I've had this laptop for nearly 2 months now, and I've never seen temperatures this high. Running 2 instances of Prime95 makes it toasty, but not in excess of 80C. Running Folding@Home (again, 2 instances) heats it up to 65C to 70C. Running Folding@Home while playing a game brought it up to 80C. Running the TAT ran it up to 90C and crashed the system. See the pattern?
Maybe there is some problem with the configuration (not the hardware) that causes my laptop to crash when thermal throttling is active. Maybe my laptop just crashes at 90C, I just haven't figured that out yet.
edit: oh my mistake, I usually undervolt my laptop, so all those temperatures are with undervolting active except for TAT, I'll see how toasty it gets with Folding@Home without undervolting.
FYI, I can run the TAT just fine with undervolting
edit2: running Folding@Home at default voltage gives me temps of about 75C, which is pretty normal I guess.