Well after using my G74S as my workstation ever since my main Worksation had a unfortunate run in with the force of Gravity, and the very impressive force of my cousins stupidity.
I had my G74S for about 4 years now, (if i recall correctly, i bought it sometime in early 2012. It had been my backup / mobile system for a while (also my lanparty system). But about 1 1/2 years ago my main rig was murdered, and i switched to the G74 for my work / study.
I have been using very CPU and GPU intensive tasks, not including gaming on it.
A few months ago, i noticed the fans where spinning a bit loudly, but i chalked it up to the summer temperatures. Well now, that the ambient temps are down, i though the fans would be quieter as well. But that was not the case. About 1/2 year ago the GPU temps where at 61°C, now they are at a insane 85 to 90°C at idle with ambient temps of 22°C. The CPU is the same story.
The keyboard is also very hot.
The fun thing is, the temps where at about 40°C or so when i got it. I am not sure what has happened to it. Could it be the Thermal Compound going bad, or could it be dust in the heat sinks?
I am currently tempted to just open it up, and check the heat sinks (and clean it if needed), but i dont feel like taking the laptop apart.
Since i have some CPU and GPU intensive work coming up soon, i would not want to have my CPU run at over 100°C. Or use LN2 to make it work.
Has anyone else have this issue?
If so, what was the solution.
Also if its the thermal compound, do you guys have any recommendations for good compound to use, my favorite was ZALMAN ZM STG1, but i can no longer get it.
Or should i just send the laptop in to asus (even though i no longer have warenty on it) and have them deal with the problems?
Also, yes there is air comming out of the vents.
Specs:
Crosshair V Formula AM3+
FX-8350 at 4.2 GHz
Mugen II rev 3 heatsink Push pull
GTX 690
8GB Corsair Dual-Channel @ 1333MHz
Samsung 840 Pro @ 512 GB and 6TB of other drives