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    [Alienware 17R2 /180W PSU] System hit 92 Celsius after 5 minutes of Battlefield 4 Gaming

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by elichow747, Aug 18, 2015.

  1. elichow747

    elichow747 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm amazed that my system hit 92 Celsius after 5 minutes of running Battlefield 4 at MAX (MSAA X4).
    I got average 75+ fps. The Battlefield 4 graphic settings optimized by GeForce Experience and I'm using a 180W PSU. I'm using CPUID HWMonitor to monitor the temperatures.

    My specs are:
    Alienware 17R2
    Windows 10 64bits
    Bios A05
    I7-4710HQ
    GTX980M
    8GB RAM
    180W PSU

    (Please note that my room temp = 33 Celsius)


    I don't think it's normal. Can anyone advises me on this matter?
    Thank you so much..
     

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  2. Xenow

    Xenow Notebook Consultant

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    It's normal thanks to fan profiles in bios A05 - get the 240w adapter and flash bios A00, then you're set.
     
    Xenow, Aug 19, 2015
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    There's also HWInfo to control the fans manually and a repaste.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 19, 2015
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  4. Xenow

    Xenow Notebook Consultant

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    With the 980m, it doesn't hurt to leave more leeway in the adapter. Repasting is almost certainly good, but is subjective in choice of paste+application and won't perform miracles (only few 'C lower). HWInfo isn't very intuitive for fan speeds, and involves setting arbitrary values. Better to stick with A00 (which everyone agrees works for cooling, but lacks fixes up to A05), or hope that ( the upcoming?) A06 is different from the 5 previous duds.
     
    Xenow, Aug 19, 2015
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    This!

    Repasting these laptops is not a trivial matter, it's a complete disassembly and may not reduce temps by a huge amount.

    Flashing to BIOS A00 will have a much larger effect on CPU & GPU temps which will be immediately visible.

    I did a repaste on my AW15 and CPU temps dropped by 5°C & GPU by 6°C

    I also did some testing between BIOS A00 & A05 after the repaste and I saw a 10°C cooler CPU temp & 13°C cooler GPU on A00 vs A05.

    The only caveat being that you have to disable sleep to prevent the CPU throttle after sleep bug from affecting you. Or just reboot before gaming or doing anything intensive!

    I too am hoping for a BIOS A06 that restores the proper cooling from A00.
     
    kgh00007, Aug 19, 2015
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    lilw Notebook Guru

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    Everyone hope for A06 and Dell listen by "You want it back, we brought it back". Yes, the old AW 18 with new CPU and GPU and forget about A06 for AW15, 17R2.. Thanks to mighty Dell.
     
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    At least they're listening to feedback: it's a step in the right direction for choice, and there are definitely some people who can't live with HQ chips.

    Still, one more week left in August... let's see if they're serious about fixing A06 - it's not rocket science. I'm surprised AW engineers / Compal can't copy paste fan profiles from A00, or add RAID after 5 bios revisions. So delayed, much wow. If only the bios was as easy to mod and flash as previous ones...
     
    Xenow, Aug 22, 2015
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    I've got the same problems with my system it would appear 240W and A00 my CPU is still reaching 96 Degrees after a few runs of 3DMARK Firestrike.

    I'm not willing to pay and intensive games on it as I feel as if it would just overheat I'd do what I'm going to do contact Dell, get them to replace the heatsinks and supply IC Diamond for them to repaste it with as these machines are a pain in the arse to strip
     
    Snodge, Aug 22, 2015
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