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ASUS z70va warmer than I am accustomed too...
I am now using my ASUS pretty much exclusively whihc means sometimes it is on for 12 hours or more. I am noticing that the underside gets quite warm... warmer than I am accustomed to.
How warm is that. Well it sits onmy lap bare-legged and it gets a little uncomfortable when it is warm and sits there a long time. Not hot, by anymeans, but more than a little warm.
I am not sure of the configuration but it seems that fans blow hot air out the right hand side and on the left hand back. They are definitely working but more air is being blown out and more strongly so on the right hand side and it is the left and center that get's the wwarmest. Even the rubber underneathe the left hand side towards the front gets quite warm. Again, this is not hot, just quite warm. I could not guess temparature.
Is this normal? Again my only reference is a 6year old ThinkPad that was built like a tank. Nothing got out except the warm air blown out. (As a point of reference... the hot air that is blowing out of the ASUS is only somewhat warmer than the hot air that blows out of the IBM... but the ASUS is far more powerful obviously as the IBM was a Pentium 3 600Mhz.
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Re: ASUS z70va warmer than I am accustomed too...
Ye its supposed to get pretty warm under there especially on ac power after extended use. Thats pretty normal. If not undervolting you cpu temp will be about 60-70C. Nothing to be concerned about. My m5n gets pretty steamy sometimes reaching 80C at idle but i keep it on my couch so there is little air flow. No bigggie these laptops will last even on the couch.
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Re: ASUS z70va warmer than I am accustomed too...
Ye its supposed to get pretty warm under there especially on ac power after extended use. Thats pretty normal. If not undervolting you cpu temp will be about 60-70C. Nothing to be concerned about. My m5n gets pretty steamy sometimes reaching 80C at idle but i keep it on my couch so there is little air flow. No bigggie these laptops will last even on the couch.
Thanks, as you see, I am not as panicked about things as I was when I first got this... it is so easy here to ask a question and get a straightforward answer that you know you can trust....:asus:
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They don't recommend placing your laptop on your lap. In fact, I read that it was part of the reason the changed the name to notebook. If you use it on your lap (I do too), you might want to place it on some sort of surface. I purchased a "lapinator" from ebay and it is extremely light weight and comfortable. I have several different brands of laptops (each family member has one and I have several at work) and the newer processors are faster, but warmer. Everything you have described sounds normal to me.
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No biggie look back in the forums. I and justin always stated "asus never had a model in recent years that had an inherent overheating problem." Some picky people felt the need to drill holes in their hd covers and palm rests but really you dont need to do anything just make sure your temp dont rech more then 80C at idle once it starts you will need to clean out the heatsink perhaps even replace it. Just use it but keep the radiator clean thats all. 12 hours of use a day is alot so you should check and clean your heatsink avery few months
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Re: ASUS z70va warmer than I am accustomed too...
As eddie said cleaning up the heatsinks is a good idea once in a while. I use compressed air on mine once every couple of weeks. I leave mine on sometimes more than 12 hours a day (and it's a P4 so fans always on).
If it would make you feel better you can get a cooling pad, but I still don't see the benifit of those. They elevate the notebook too much of the surface for comfortable use, sometimes are noisy, and barely affect CPU temp, just HDD temps drop a degree or 2, that's if the HDD is positioned in a place where it can benifit.
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yeah it can get pretty warm especially around the hd area. the thing that annoys me are the fans cuz i have speedfan set up. so what i do is if i'm not playing a game or anything real intensive while i'm plugged in, i'll set nhc on max battery so the cpu runs at its lowest speed and is cooler and/or set the powerplay settings for the vid card to whatever that low setting is. to me lowering the video card setting is more helpful as it normally runs hotter and the fan is louder.
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Re: ASUS z70va warmer than I am accustomed too...
I found that on my M6Ne, the bottom also got very warm... especially under the HDD and near the middle as well.
I wouldn't recommend putting it on your lap... but you're a woman, and I don't think it'll "affect" you like it will to us.. guys...*ahem*
Do what you think is comfortable :) It's normal for high power notebook PCs to run warm.
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Yea, for mines, I found the HD warm, rest was fine, just the HD(Left wristrest)
Also, note the vents near the bottom middle, at the opposite end away from you, best if you keep that area clear as well
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Re: ASUS z70va warmer than I am accustomed too...
Justitia, this laptop along with many others do get fairly warm after a short period of time on ac power (plugged in).
You can combat this by getting yourself familiar with NHC or some similar program. Don't be intimidated by these programs as they are not beyond your grasp.
They come with help files and you have US here to help you out.
NHC will help you run your laptop cooler and you can make your laptop run like it's in low power mode on batteries while it is plugged in.
My Z70Va runs super cool even plugged in, you just have to setup a profile or just set certain options manually and you'll be a happy camper.
When you have your baby configured properly you can use her on your lap without discomfort and on top of surfaces you normally wouldn't use our laptop on for fear of overheating, like your bed or couch.
So my suggestion to you is to download the latest NHC, but be sure to install the .NET framework first, and follow instructions. Post on the forums for any questions of course.
Using the Z70Va straight from the box was a little bit disappointing as it did get very warm, but now everything is A-Okay.
Cheers,
Mike