How I fixed my G73 overheating problem!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

(Sorry for my english both in the video and the description, it isn't my native language)
(Also, I don't claim to be a big genius with this video, I'm just showing what helped me A LOT, hope it helps you!)

Hey guys. I've had my G73 for ~1year and about 3 months ago it started overheating. My idle temperatures were ~75°C. Gaming temperatures were ~100-110, causing my speakers to go crazy. Sometimes the system would shutdown because of it. Furmark was a guaranteed shutdown.

After some research, what I commonly found was that I should do a repaste. I have assembled and disassembled hundreds of desktop computers in my life, but never a notebook. I was pretty scared to do so and kept postponing it. Also, ICD7 is impossible to find where I live.

One random day I found someone saying something about blowing air with your mouth inside the fans, but people said this was bad because the humidity from your breath could cause dust clogs. Some people suggested canned compressed air. Since I couldn't found that to sell over here either, I decided to try something, and it worked. What I did is what's in this video.

After cleaning the dust off, my temperatures went to 47-51°C idle and 74°C when running furmark for 60 minutes.

Thanks for watching, hope this helps.

UPDATE:

After about 7-8 weeks of doing what I described above in this thread, I noticed my temperatures were getting high again. They weren't as bad as before, since only 2 months of accumulating dust had passed (before I did it for the first time it had 1 year of dust in it), but they weren't as good as I wish they were.

Here are some screenshots:
Furmark, around 7:30 it started beeping. At 8:00 beep was constant, since temperature wasn't going under 100°C anymore:
http://i.imgur.com/9PFq7.jpg

Idle temperature:
http://i.imgur.com/BagpX.png

Then I cleaned it as described, using the same hair dryer that is in the video.

Some screenshots:
Furmark, the same 8 minutes:
http://i.imgur.com/2dFde.jpg

Idle:
http://i.imgur.com/cYoeZ.png

I let furmark run for a bit more:
http://i.imgur.com/Wv39X.jpg

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[jasonrodda98]

never use a hairdryer for anything like this the static cause by it can certainly cause more issues not solve them

[DecessusFar]

@jasonrodda98 The electrical parts of the hair dryer are far away from the tip of it from where the air gets out. It's about 15cm of distance, and in all that distance there is only PLASTIC. It is even further from the computer because of the distance I keep when blowing air because I don't want to physically damage the computer.

The chances of an electrical discharge are stupidly low. It would be more likely to happen by simple hand touch than by the hair dryer.

[spinkerton]

wow... thank you. you saved me a trip to the Geek Squad and 2 weeks without my laptop!

[DecessusFar]

@spinkerton I'm glad it helped :)

[ItalianStallian004]

Please, Do not use a hair dryer! It can easily create a lot of static electricity and damage core components on the main board and with a simple shock causing it to erase information on the hard drive and corrupt main buses needed on the board. Vacuums also have the same effect but worse for those who are curious. Instead, use an air compressor with the proper psi or a can of compressed air. Save the time and the information!

[DecessusFar]

@ItalianStallian004 The electrical parts of the hair dryer are far away from the tip of it from where the air gets out. It's about 15cm of distance, and in all that distance there is only plastic. I try to not touch the computer anyway, not because I'm scared of an electrical discharge, but because I don't want to physically damage the computer.

I'd say the chances of an electrical discharge are VERY VERY low. It would be more likely to happen by simple hand touch than by the hair dryer.

[pioneerz450]

@DecessusFar

Do you even know what kind voltages we're talking about?

we're talking about 30-35 000 V on an average... and thats just by walking.

It's the friction Inbetween the material's and the air's molecules that often can generate static electricity that might make you sad immediaetly or just lie there in the components dormant... for months or even years before they break.

[MrBibo2050]

@RC1312Kad Hey, yes I am having the same problem and according to Windows 7 gpu temp gadget my graphics card is constantly around 80 C which is ridiculous. I had a recent format and I am not sure if that caused some driver issues ?

[RiSeNgod]

I <3 You!

[diedie111590]

Of course it's going to overheat if you don't get all the dust out. Where do you think all the dust goes when you have fans in your laptop/desktop?

[RC1312Kad]

I've got a G73, and recently its been louder, hotter (when I'm running a game) and the screen starts to get flicker grey bars and such all over the place if its been running a game for a while. Anyone had the same problems?

[aknagi]

@ItalianStallian004 You are right, but for the wrong reasons. A cheap can of compressed air is more effective because they come with a straw allowing you to get right into the heat sinks blades.