Asus G71

[dino11216]

when the pc started up i went into the bios on the temperature option there was a cpu and gpu option and i use the "+" or "-" key to swicth it to ignore.

[Quadzilla]

Ya that didnt work for me or you havent played a game thats hit 82 degrees yet.

[dino11216]

yea thats it, i probably havent. my hight temp has been 79c playing crysis on high

wat are you running to get it up that high

[Quadzilla]

bioshock will get it that high pretty easily or a game called stranglehold both unreal engine games all at 1440x900. Are you playing crysis at native resolution ? cause you should have hit that temp within a couple minutes@high settings.


For the record though im very dissapointed in Asus (again) and really wanted to enjoy this machine.

[skyhawk21]

just noticed comparing your G71 260m bios with the G51 260m bios and the temps for critical are the same, but the bios date on the G71 is way older than the G51, and also the voltage levels are different on the G71 and alot higher compared to the G51 260m bios, the G51 gpu voltage is .75 level 7 and the gpu in the G71 has two voltage levels .95 and .85 and that is whats probably messing it up! its switch voltages and when it does that it clocks you down for some reason, hardware error i assume!

Originally Posted by Quadzilla

i dumped the vbios via GPU-Z then opened it in NiBitor so it seems to have dumped properly. nothing about throttling at 82 but this may have not been the proper way.

here it is from GPU-Z

http://rapidshare.com/files/249038443/0618.rar.html

Can only be downloaded 10 times so dont unless ya need it .

[byte8086]

ok.......

I had to unbox it since I was returning it anyway, but here it goes.

Call of Duty 4
Crysis
Furmark
3dmark06


All slow to a unplayable crawl then crash over 83c

[Quadzilla]

Yes i saw those 2 voltage levels but didnt think much of it as i had nothing to compare it to .

[RedNara]

Originally Posted by skyhawk21

just noticed comparing your G71 260m bios with the G51 260m bios and the temps for critical are the same, but the bios date on the G71 is way older than the G51, and also the voltage levels are different on the G71 and alot higher compared to the G51 260m bios, the G51 gpu voltage is .75 level 7 and the gpu in the G71 has two voltage levels .95 and .85 and that is whats probably messing it up! its switch voltages and when it does that it clocks you down for some reason, hardware error i assume!

So it's a hardware error and cannot be fixed? Do they still charge fee's if there is a hardware error and you return it?

[skyhawk21]

if you are feeling daring before returning it, i suggest you go over to the sager or alienware forums, read up on to edit the 280m gpu bios and reflash it and i can send you guys my g51 gpu bios and u can try that one?

[dino11216]

yea quadzilla while playing crysis on very high for about 2min it push the gpu to 81c and the game started running at around 2fps