Vicious Heat Problem with NV52L15u

MichaelTheBroke

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Hello all. I have a Gateway NV52L15u laptop with AMD Quad-Core Processor A8-4500M. I mainly use it for PC gaming, and have had major problems with overheating on even the lowest graphical settings. Running even basic games like Borderlands 2 blows boiling hot air out the vent on my PC before it eventually shuts itself off. Is this just an internal problem maybe? Is there maybe a way to boost the fan speed?
 

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System One

  • OS
    8.1
oh my.. the heat problem..

laptops are terrible with heat. so all you can really do is look for a fan program to control your fan (god i hope gateway doesn't hardlock your fan control like Lenovo does)

1. start google and look for "fan control"

try these

Open Hardware Monitor - Core temp, fan speed and voltages in a free software gadget

SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

so start looking for a good "fan control program" that works with windows 8 and your gateway laptop..

then you may want to start looking up "undervolting" for your amd cpu...
-this one will be difficult as i think amd cpu may be a bit more Un-stable than intel..- but i could be wrong..

then, if you have money to waste or spare, only then buy a laptop cooler.. you must cool the system from the internal first.. then deal with external..

i dont know why the first thing people recommend is external fixing.. fix the type of coal going into the furnace before you fix the furnace!

anyway if you still really really want to go down this road put a message back here and ill start you going down the really crappy road of putting on new thermal paste and etc.. but you might as well just buy a new laptop because you need a gaming laptop, not a gateway..
 

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    windows 8.1 core x64x
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    lenovo y410p Such Crappy Company
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    i7 quad 4700mq
    Memory
    16gig
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    Nvida 755m 2gig
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    Samsung 840 Evo 250gig
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    Defender
    Other Info
    Don't buy Lenovo, HP, DeLL, Acer, or anything. ONLY buy ASUS. see for yourself on their forums..
Have you tried opening the laptop and clean the fans and heat sink using compressed air?

Over time fans and heat sink collect dust, decreasing the cooling of your laptop which results to overheating when CPU is stressed.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64 with Media Center
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    Surface Pro 3
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    Core i5 4300U @ 1.9 GHz
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    Surface Pro 3
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    8092 MB DDR3-L 1.35 V SDRAM @ 1600 MHz
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    2160 x 1440
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    256 GB SSD + 128 GB micro SD
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    36 Watt power brick
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    Active
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    On Screen Keyboard
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    Surface pen
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For laptops known for having heating problems during gaming or high-use, external solution is the only way to go. My older Acer was like that. My new Acer is not like that. Now, because they are expensive, I purchased from Altex $80 giant laptop cooling assembly which also came with 4 USB ports. And, to protect the proc area, I have a Walmart 5" ac-fan aimed at the proc area. It doesn't matter anymore to me what should be, what ought to be, etc. -- what matters now, is that with my normal usage, my laptops are given the best external cooling for a reasonable price.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro 64bit [MS blue-disk set]
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2 Acers & 1 Antec[?]
    CPU
    i7 in 2 Acers, i5 in desktop
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    Desktop w/Gigabyte
    Memory
    Two w/16GB, 1 w/8GB
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    Laptops GameWorthy; Desktop maybe GameWorthy
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    flatscreens; 2 are BluRay worthy
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    1368x768; 1600x900
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    1TB internals; 2 ext usb WD 1TB HDs
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    what's PSU?
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    Regular plus external fans
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    desktio w/PS2
    Mouse
    desktop w/PS2
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    DSL middle level [160?]
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    from Netscape 0.9 to FF 36
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    well-balanced, well-configured mult-layered defense is best
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    From MS-DOS 3.3, MS-DOS 6.22, from Windows 3.1 to WFW 3.11 to Windows 95-98SE, now to Windows 7 Pro.
    Security for now: Windows 7 Firewall, Emsisoft AM, MSE [scan-only], SpywareBlaster, Ruiware/BillP combine
If you have overclocked your CPU, that is a big no no on a laptop because of the heat generated and can damage your components.
 

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System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
It's not exactly a good gaming laptop to begin with, even at low settings for newer games. Sorry, being honest.
Sometimes the thermal paste is not applied right straight from the factory. If it is getting hot frquently it can make things worse by cooking and drying out the paste.
The hottest I've seen mine get when playing a fairly demanding game is ~85C.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer V3 771G-6443
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer VA70_HC (U3E1)
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD4000 + GeForce GT 730M
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Generic PnP Display on Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB
    ADATA SSD SP900 128GB
    PSU
    90 watt brick
    Mouse
    Bluetooth
    Antivirus
    Comodo
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    Asus RT-AC56R dual-band WRT router (Merlin firmware). Intel 7260.HMWWB.R dual-band ac wireless adapter.
It seems the CPU has a nominal clockspeed of 1.9GHz and can turbo to 2.8GHz. Perhaps disabling turbo might help.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with Bing x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire ES1-512-CSYW
    CPU
    Intel Celeron N2840 @ 2.16GHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Aspire ES1-512 BIOS: Insyde Corps V1.07
    Memory
    4GB DDR3L SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD
    Internet Speed
    10Mb/s 3 Network HSPA+
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    IE11 and Firefox
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    Windows Defender
Laptop cooling pads are essential even when you aren't using them for gaming for lifespan reasons. They are incredibly effective and worth the price- my old Compaq Vista laptop I gave to my sister will be six years old in a few months and its used a cooling pad for most of its life when I was trying to play games far beyond it. An old HP laptop had an AMD processor and it helped keep it more or less stable.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 64-bit/ Windows 8.1 64-bit
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Desktop: Allison Designs by Austin Computers / Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L50-A006
    CPU
    Intel Core i5- 4590/ Intel Core i5 processor 4200U
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte H97M-D3H/ ?
    Memory
    16 GB Kingston at 1600 Mhz/ 4GB
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    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 760 OC Windforce (2 GB/256-bit)/ nVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2GB
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    Onboard Audio'
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    AOC 2216Vw 22"/ 15.6" Widescreen HD LED Backlit Display
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    1680*1050 / 1366*768
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    2 TB Western Digital Black Caviar Drive (7200 RPM)/ 750GB (5400rpm) with Toshiba HDD Accelerator
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    Coolermaster 750W VS Series 80+ Gold Power Supply (Desktop Only)
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    Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 Mid Tower Gaming Case (Desktop Only)
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    Two Case 120 mm fans and GPU, CPU, PSU cooled by own fans respectively. (Desktop Only)
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    Microsoft Wired Keyboard Desktop 600 (Desktop Only)
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    Microsoft Wired Mouse 600/ Toshiba Touchpad and Logitech Mouse
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    Internet Explorer and Google Chrome
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    Norton 360 by Symantec
laptop cooling pads are not "essential" whatsoever..

they are not bad. ok so get this straight before you think i'm totally destroying laptop-coolers..

Laptop coolers are great for cooling the BOTTOM of the laptop.. they do not touch or get anywhere even near the cpu or gpu or even heatsink which is what truly dissipates heat from the laptop fellas.. so try to understand this way if you are still having trouble:
-imagine a fire inside a house.. will putting a fan on the outside of a house blowing cool air on the walls outside help cool the fire inside the walls??


now having said that, you need to under-volt and ramp the speed of the fan "inside" the laptop to the max..(through fan control programs) also the thermal paste could be bad on your laptop.. as it usually is and you would need to repaste it..( it is not fun though... so forget that option unless it's very easy to open and see everything in your laptop)

these are what real gamers do and hardcore tweakers..

you absolutely can get a laptop cooler, and now your lap won't feel so much heat.. oh but that game you are trying to play, well..your cpu/gpu still is going to be too hot..

so please understand about laptop coolers.. yes they are good for extra usbs and to cool the exterior wall of your laptop.. but understand you need to dissipate the heat from the inside!!!

i've had this conversation on many forums and with many people and the answer lies in the rog forums if you need the proof..

this topic is a bit sensitive for me so sorry but i don't understand why people don't understand the properties of heat!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell 5200
    CPU
    2
    Memory
    8
    Hard Drives
    5400
The overheating issue could've been prevented if one would open up the bottom cover and rid the fan and heat sink with compressed air. Then again, a lot of laptops today have a bad layout from the bottom such that you need to disassemble all the way to the system board just to get to the fan and heat sink. That's why I only choose laptops whose fan and heat sink are easily accessible.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64 with Media Center
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    Core i5 4300U @ 1.9 GHz
    Motherboard
    Surface Pro 3
    Memory
    8092 MB DDR3-L 1.35 V SDRAM @ 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4400 @ 200 MHz
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-in 3:2 display
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    256 GB SSD + 128 GB micro SD
    PSU
    36 Watt power brick
    Cooling
    Active
    Keyboard
    On Screen Keyboard
    Mouse
    Surface pen
    Internet Speed
    300 / 20 TWC
    Browser
    IE 11 Metro, IE 11 Desktop
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
yes theveterans..

answer = asus llaptops from (rog gamers version..)

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell 5200
    CPU
    2
    Memory
    8
    Hard Drives
    5400
Just another case of asking a boy to do man's job.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
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