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Question

740M throttles at 67 degrees.

Mar 25, 2017 6:42AM PDT

Hi!

I have a HP Pavilion 15 N208TX. Its equipped with GT 740M(GK20Cool. I have not been able to play games on this one because it throttles when it reaches 67 degrees temperature (out of the box). I have tried

* Changing the throttle limit, but its stuck and does not change whatsoever.
* Cleaning the Laptop Inside-Out and applying different best quality thermal paste.
* Tried to alter the vBIOS but somehow it does not work.

I have seen GT740M reaching 80 degrees but mine is limited to 67, while my friend's much inferior 820M reaches 93 degrees temperature on full load.

Can Nvidia or anyone help me with this?

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I see a few issues.
Mar 25, 2017 6:47AM PDT

Mostly that the machine looks a little older. About 3 years old so my thought is it's aged and needs a new motherboard to clear that up. That is, you didn't write it did this new so it's likely an aging issue.

HP and Nvidia are unlikely to tell you anything but to replace the motherboard.

Did you have the machine deep cleaned and all heatsink compound replaced?

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Its just the temp limit
Mar 25, 2017 7:29AM PDT

Its unusual, but since when I bought this laptop I faced this - not so called problem but bad programming maybe.

I build PCs so, i usually cleanup PCs and Laptops all by myself. Now, most of the people would think that its dirty inside or the fan is not working, but just see for yourself on your machine, when you push your CPU or GPU it will crank up above 80 degrees if you have a decent passive cooling facility.

In the OP, I did already mention that I have a friend whose 820M reaches 93 degrees and its his Temp limit, however, mine is just ridiculously low which is 67. Any CPU or GPU can reach 67 very easily.

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Then back to HP
Mar 25, 2017 8:01AM PDT

HP (the maker) can limit thermal settings to extend life span and meet their warranty goals. You can google if you can override this but I worry you kept a bad model and are now stuck.

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Thanks
Mar 25, 2017 8:20AM PDT

I guess so. Its just a crap piece of hardware. Do you know by which I can override those settings?

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Sorry no.
Mar 25, 2017 8:34AM PDT

I think you can google too so I left it at that.

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In case you need the words for google.
Mar 25, 2017 9:28AM PDT