Samsung laptop randomly shuts down
- by Dmatig
I've rewritten this question because it turned into an indecipherable mess.
I have a Samsung R560 laptop that is overheating, and shutting itself down under load consistantly.
Thank you quickcel for reccomending me Speedfan to monitor my temps.
Here they are (Load / Idle):
(Ignore "Temp1 and Temp2", whatever sensors they are they'd always random, pretty sure they're broke). The load temperature is after just 5 minites of playing Fallout 3 - another 5 minutes and it (the GPU - 9600M GS) consistantly breaches the mid 90's then shuts down, so it's hard to get a good picture of it.
I'm looking for some solution or way to decrease these temperatures, because they seem far too high even idle.
I've tried:
Opening up the case and clearing of all dust with compressed air.
Updating drivers for my Graphics card
Have purchased and am using a notebook cooler
I don't want to:
Undervolt / underclock (defeats the point of having a more expensive card)
Use lower power / performance settings (again, i might as well have bought something cheaper)
Is there anything else i can try (software or inexpensive hardware) that can help me fix this?
Has anybody had a Samsung laptop and knows if this can be sorted under my warranty, and the turnaround time of sending it off (UK?)(it has always ran hotter than it should, but now at 6 months old is getting hot enough to power off)
