Gaming without the backplate

I know this may seem crazy to many of you, but do you think it'd be possible to game on the m15x without the back plate so it'd be easier to keep temps low? I'm trying to work in my chip (processor) and although it's compliant I'm constantly getting very high temps, ironically my 6970M is treating me well, my gpu temps never go above 80C. Do you think I'm crazy or would it work? Thanks.

 

Are you currently not using the backplate? I don't see how well it could work though considering it's what keeps the heatsink connected to the card..o.o

 

the heatsink is screwed down to the card. it uses 4 screws and rom what I experienced if you don't have all 4 screwed down windows has issues starting (weird I know).


Have you tried a cooling pad? I havent but wondering if anyone had luck with them.

 

Tbh I think it would make it worse because the air flow would have no controlled direction and would just blow in all directions.

 

huh.... what? what are you trying to lower the cpu temps? and what do you mean backplate as in gpu? i dont get it

 

I think what he mean is cover plate that cover bottom part of the laptop.., without those part the air suppose flow more easily...

btw, about the CPU high temp, what multiplier you running it on?

 

If you want sure. If you have the 9 cell there is plenty of clearance. However for extended periods of time you make the guts of your notebook much more vulnerable and prone to being covered in dust.

 

I would imagine that like a desktop it is not a good decision to leave the case off for better airflow because manufacturers take into consideration the best way the air can flow with the case on and if you leave it off you are most likely doing more harm than good

 

I mean pretty much the back of the laptop, the bottom, what it sits on when you are using it. Not the GPU or CPU backplate, the entire plate that covers the RAM, HD, GPU, CPU, and fans. I'm just having a problem with CPU temps and I was wondering if you guys think it would help them at all, but somebody also mentioned a good point that after extended periods of time could potentially damage the processor or GPU after dust collects. Who knows, someone will have to try it.

Otosan: I'm running turbo, at rate limits at x17 I believe. I just have CPU issues with games such as BF3 and SC2, but a game like Skyrim my temps stay under 80C.

 

if your problems are mostly cpu temps i would advise you to try and repaste with ic diamond 24k, also check your heatsink to see if its warped and your screws and cpu stands to make sure that the threads are not stripped.

you could try running it without the back cover, just dust it off more often

 

@ MExic00ls: Ok thanks for your help man, I will try ic diamond 24k, and when you say check your heatsink to see if it's "warped" what do you mean by warped? Thanks. The screws are fine as I had to remove them and put them back when I put in my 940XM to replace my old I3.

 

i mean is the heat contact area flat or does it have a slight bend. you might have a bad cpu or your fan is not working properly?

 

I don't think I have a bad CPU, I could but I doubt it. My fans should be working, and when you say heat contact area, what do you mean?

 

copper that meets the cpu

 

Im not sure about the mx15 but three years ago i bought the lenovo y550p laptop. It could run starcraft without much problems but it sucked alot because they effed up the cooling system and it would constantly overheat and shut down, sometimes it would do that while just browsing the internet. The temps reached almost 100C. The build quality of the laptop was crap. But when i removed the backplate, cleaned out the fans, cleaned off the dust off the mobo, replaced the thermal paste it worked better, but i still had to keep the backplate off for lower temps on the cpu and gpu. Try using a program that oversees the temp and experiment i guess. Tho i am really not sure.

 

I just replaced the graphics card in my system. I took the New card, cleaned and prepped it then thermal pasted it in. I too have left the bottom plate off my laptop. What I did diferant is to place it on top of a Targus twin fan cooling pad blowing directly on the graphics card and the CPU.

This is my second M15x. Both have had graphics failure. This one lost a cooling fan to the graphics card as well. I now use the one machine as parts and this is the nice one with SSD and the 512meg 9800M NVIDIA Video card. I am so afraid of loosing another card I just bought a back up. Hence I am leaving the bottom plate off and blowing two fans directly on the processors.

Other than increased dirt and cleaning time it looks to be helping, so far.

 

Should that be touching the CPU? Because I think the copper part of my heatsink is touching.

 

It should at least almost touch (if not touch) the cpu die core, but it's actually the job of the thermal paste to make it really touch each other...