[MISC] Overheating and FPS

Resso · Post by **Resso** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:06 pm

So... my laptop overheats when playing something hard like, Halo Custom Edition map = hugeass, or with San Andreas or any other "heavy" game for my laptop... it overheats and turns off, I have to wait like 5 min to be sure it wont be wrong to turn on again.

Is there any tip to improve my laptop's "stamina"? hehe I dont know where to start to try and help my girl here (sony vaio pcg-k25f notebook if that helps), please, ANY help would be apreciated, even if you told me to put a bag of ice under it.

Another thing, frames per second, they will go well on San Andreas and Halo... but sometimes >___>, in New Mombasa (the Halo2CE map) slows the f*** out of my laptop's frames per second, zanzibar does 40-60 so its not that bad, but you can tell its slow... a bit anyway. Is there any tip you would give me to improve? there's a stamp here that says "ATI Radeon integrated graphics" that must help... oh and "512Mb" meaning 444Mb of RAM >__> there must be something that can be done.

And ANY help will be apreciated btw, thanks in advance

Resso

First Post in the forum woo... I think

Lord_FoX · Post by **Lord_FoX** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:19 pm

My op save up and get a desktop

Resso · Post by **Resso** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:30 pm

but where would the portability go???!!! >__>

damnit someone1!!! I remember something about adding something to the shortcut, like - ffdshow... or something like that

MrBalll · Post by **MrBalll** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:33 pm

Um well i dont know any computer things to do but if you go to Target, if you have ever heard of it or have one, they sale a laptop coolant devise for like 30 bucks. My laptop had the same problem and i bought that thing and it has never shut off since from overheating.

o LiL DeviL o · Post by **o LiL DeviL o** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:28 pm

you can raise the temp it shuts off at in the bios. so insted of overheating at whatever it does now you have about 10 more degresse before it shuts off, or however many. or just sit it next to a fan.

MrBalll · Post by **MrBalll** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:30 pm

It would be helpful if you told me....i mean resso how to do that.

o LiL DeviL o · Post by **o LiL DeviL o** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:32 pm

well if yu dont know how to get into your bios and exit it safly i wouldnt suggest trying it. basicly when you get the black screen on start up, you press f2 i think it is, it goes into your bios options and its somewhere in there. ive only done it once so i dont really remember.

Resso · Post by **Resso** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:36 pm

to MrBall it was in the Bungie forums, Im looking it up and when i find it ill link to it and edit this post, and thanks devil, I'll try that after I google some of that... but it IS sitting next to a fan >__>

Munky~Fart · Post by **Munky~Fart** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:37 pm

tell me your FSB speed and CPU multiplier, i'll tell you how to overclock

high6 · Post by **high6** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:55 am

wat mostly is happening is, when u use a cd to much it overheats the comp and so comps dont melt or get damage they overwrite and shutdown(happened to me before).(even if its a virtual drive same thing).

now for me the fan broke and had to get it replaced. so open it up and check the fans u might just need to dust it or get a replacement.

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:42 am

Resso... I My self, Can feel for ya... 'Cause I Myself have a Sony Laptop ( Old.. Sony laptop)

There are devices out there that connect to the laptop to help cool it off...

Now... Most of the Heat will come from you Video Card...

Tell Me.. What Is it that you Have....( Specs If you Please )

Resso · Post by **Resso** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:36 am

wow, thanks to everyone for the help, I tried the overclocking but the F2 or Del key boot thing wont work... if you can help thats great, here are the things I've found in advanced settings:

If that pic cannot be seen completely. Click here

and btw, is this the thing you said earlier?
this one

I need to buy that, but meanwhile overclocking will help if you can help with the specs above

thanks in advance

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:22 pm

Heh... Overclocking will only INCRESE the amount of heat... and your only get appox. 5 Frames faster...Its not worth it...

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:07 pm

Depends how good you are are overclocking. There are special strategies and techniques you can use that can seriously bump a computer up to a level that would normally cost a few more hundred dollars of equipment otherwise.

If you ever overclock and it completely screws up your computer, reset the bios.

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:09 pm

My advice: Leave the BIOS alone. Get a fan.
There are devices that attach to the bottom and sides of the laptop that will greatly decrease the ammount of heat on the CPU, HDD, et cetera.
Also, make sure that you are a level surface, clear from any debris.

If push comes to shove, you could open your laptop, take out the HDD--still connected to the mobo--and leave it out of the lappy. That will bring down the temperature.

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:51 pm

My friends computer sounds like a motorcycle because of all his fans....So to keep the noise down, in winter, he has a tube out his window that feeds into his computer.

Lol...try that, it is still al ittle cold out.

Resso · Post by **Resso** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:19 pm

Pie wrote:Depends how good you are are overclocking. There are special strategies and techniques you can use that can seriously bump a computer up to a level that would normally cost a few more hundred dollars of equipment otherwise...

Mmm I'm new to that stuff... I someone can help me in detail overclocking, I'll do it, otherwise I'll save for that thing... meanwhile I tried this Harry Potter mod and it hasn't overheated... YET! >________>

Munky~Fart · Post by **Munky~Fart** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:42 pm

my computer is VERY overclocked, i went from 1.4 GHz to 2.37, and it is still stable. O btw, regarding the pm, on one of the start up screens, it will say what to press to get into the bios. And, because you bought a laptop with xp pre-installed, you should ALLWAYS re-format the hd and reinstall windows, especially because yours is a Sony, so it probably has a root-kit

SNAPE KILLED DUMDLEDORE? that stupid goth....

Resso · Post by **Resso** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:14 pm

yeah I've got two restart discs but... mmm I'll look into that... btw, mine's got 2.8 Ghz what can be my laptop's true power?

muahaha

btw, yeah that goth...

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:21 pm

...How can you disgrace final fantasy 7 with that?
OR CROW!

Anyway, Your fan might be haveing problems.