Overheating Suggestion

I noticed this quote in the massive thread about reboots and was wondering whether anyone from the GW dev team, if they even come on here , or anyone else in the know would have a way of doing what is suggested, i.e. turn this "feature" off?

My GW never uses up more than 40% of the CPU, so I really have no idea why you'd get that much usage. Mind posting your processor, ram amount and operating system (with service pack numbers if any)?

Also check your drivers and DirectX.

That looks pretty horrid, you might also want to check your tempratures. Main board, cpu, Video, etc. See if you are not over heating

I am overheating, that is the problem . My HDD temp (on Speefan) stays pretty constant but the other two Temp1 and Temp2 rocket up from around 40 normal 50 maximum under normal running with other intensive games, to around 74/75 . Then after about ten minutes the computer shuts down.

I don't know how I'd post my details, where do I get them?

I found the quote in another post and thought it might be the reason that i'm overheating, as Guild Wars is the only thing that does it. I can often run several more intensive games at teh same time without the laptop getting mildly hot .

Laptops need special care... a coolpad is a good idea or just jacking it up above the surface it is resting on. Don't rest it on a soft surface like a duvet or cushion cos it restricts air flow. Or just rest it on your legs. If you get burnt, shut the machine off

All basic advice... but worth keeping in mind imo.

Thanks Morat but I've tried several things, even elevating my laptop so that only a tiny part of it was in contact with anything and of course using a cooling pad, its the internal temperatures around the motherboard I think, that are the problem, they get hiked up by Guild Wars specifically, I've just tried running twenty different intensive programs at once from games to Microsoft Office apps, all at the same time and still it is easily fifteen-twenty degrees cooler than when running just Guild Wars .

You say that your computer is overheating, yet you don't know what equipment you're running. Some processors are just fine when used at 75C.

Try right clicking on My Computer icon (if you're running Windows), and then going to Device Manager to see some of the parts that you're running. Main ones required to help us troubleshoot your problem are your processor, ram (CPU-Z), video card, motherboard model (might get this through a program called CPU-Z), and power supply unit (might have to open the case to see what this is (make sure power is unplugged)). After all of that we can suggest what can be done to help solve the overheating (if it's present) problem.

Another good program for monitoring your voltage and temperature is MotherBoardMonitor 5. It is out of production now, but should work with your motherboard if it was made before or around early 2005.

Almost everyone else I have seen posting re this quotes 100% CPU, as do I. I am running Windows XP Home, and so may the other people who have posted in this and another forum. What OS are you using?

I'm pretty sure it is overheating, it shuts down at the higher temperature that is caused by Guild Wars, a jump from about 42 to 78ish . I'm getting all the data you've asked for though and hopefully someone will be able to help . Thanks .

I've got all my processer stats, but can't determine what motherboard I have for MBM5 . I have an Acer Aspire 1662WLMi standard, but can't find out which motherboard I have, can anyone help please ?

Here's my complete system spec from CPU-Z :

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CPU-Z version 1.28.6
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CPUID Output
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Number of CPUs 2 (1 Physical)

CPU #1
APIC ID 0
Name Intel Pentium 4
Code name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Family/Model/Stepping F29
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Brand ID 9
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed 3000.2 MHz
Clock multiplier x15.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 200.0 MHz
Bus Speed 800.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3000 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 3000.2 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000002 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
Function 00000001 00000f29 00020809 00004400 bfebfbff
Function 00000002 665b5001 00000000 00000000 007b7040
Function 80000000 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000002 20202020 20202020 20202020 6e492020
Function 80000003 286c6574 50202952 69746e65 52286d75
Function 80000004 20342029 20555043 30302e33 007a4847

edx eax
MSR 0000002C 00000000 0F12000F
MSR 0000002A 00000000 00000000
MSR 00000017 000A0000 00000000
MSR 000001A0 00000000 000004C9
MSR 0000008B 00000017 00000000

CPU #2 (logical unit)
APIC ID 1
Name Intel Pentium 4
Code name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Family/Model/Stepping F29
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Brand ID 9
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed 3000.2 MHz
Clock multiplier x15.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 200.0 MHz
Bus Speed 800.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3000 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 3000.2 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000002 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
Function 00000001 00000f29 01020809 00004400 bfebfbff
Function 00000002 665b5001 00000000 00000000 007b7040
Function 80000000 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000002 20202020 20202020 20202020 6e492020
Function 80000003 286c6574 50202952 69746e65 52286d75
Function 80000004 20342029 20555043 30302e33 007a4847

edx eax
MSR 0000002C 00000000 0F12000F
MSR 0000002A 00000000 00000000
MSR 00000017 000A0000 00000000
MSR 000001A0 00000000 000004C9
MSR 0000008B 00000017 00000000


Chipset
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Northbridge ATI Radeon 9100 IGP rev. 2
Southbridge ATI IXP 200 rev. 0
Memory Type
Memory Size 512 MBytes


Memory SPD
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DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000)
Size 256 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2700 (166 MHz)
Part number M4 70L3224FT0-CB3
Serial number F406B0F9
Manufacturing date Week 38/Year 04

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 133 166
CAS# 2.0 2.5
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3
RAS# Precharge 3 3
TRAS# 6 7


DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000)
Size 256 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2700 (166 MHz)
Part number M4 70L3224FT0-CB3
Serial number F4069AE9
Manufacturing date Week 38/Year 04

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 133 166
CAS# 2.0 2.5
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3
RAS# Precharge 3 3
TRAS# 6 7


Monitoring
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PCI Device List
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CPU to PCI Bridge
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x5833
revision 0x0002
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x00
bus 0, device 0, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 33 58 06 01 30 22 02 00 00 06 00 40 00 00
10 08 00 00 DC 00 00 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 11 64 08 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 2D 00 00
50 25 10 52 00 81 35 00 C0 00 10 11 11 01 30 11 11
60 AD 0C 00 00 2D 26 E2 7E 00 0A 25 00 27 00 09 06
70 E1 09 60 30 84 84 84 84 10 10 03 2C 80 07 30 C0
80 00 00 00 00 92 10 83 00 30 00 00 00 01 24 00 D0
90 00 00 00 20 11 0E 11 0E 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00
A0 02 00 30 00 1B 02 00 1F 12 03 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 30 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 02 FF 0F 00 2B FF 4F 00 6A 00 60 50 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 18 00 00 00 00 14 07 52
F0 1F 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 02 00


PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x5838
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x5838
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x04
bus 0, device 1, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 38 58 07 00 20 02 00 00 04 06 00 63 01 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 44 91 91 20 22
20 10 D8 10 D8 00 E0 F0 E7 00 00 00 00 25 10 38 58
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 0C 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 38 58
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 80 00 C7 FF FF 00 00 00 FF FF FF DF FF FF FF FF
70 00 00 00 00 0F 12 0B 18 16 06 18 08 7D 03 06 60
80 FF F0 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 10 36 16 00 3C 0F 04 3E 00 00 00 00 20 0A B1 16
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB bus controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4347
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x03
bus 0, device 13, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 47 43 17 00 A0 02 01 10 03 0C 08 40 80 00
10 00 10 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 00 00
40 80 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 08
E0 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB bus controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4348
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x03
bus 0, device 13, function 1

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 48 43 17 00 A0 02 01 10 03 0C 08 40 00 00
10 00 20 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 00 00
40 80 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 08
E0 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB bus controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4345
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x03
bus 0, device 13, function 2

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 45 43 17 00 B0 02 01 20 03 0C 08 40 00 00
10 00 30 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 00 00
40 80 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 20 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00
70 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 7E
E0 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


SMBus controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4353
revision 0x0018
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x05
bus 0, device 14, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 53 43 03 00 20 02 18 00 05 0C 00 00 80 00
10 61 80 00 00 00 40 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 D4 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F FF 46 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 01 00 00 00 9F BB 9E 82 00 90 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 08 00 C0 FE FF 4E 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 0F 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8C 00 00 80
90 61 80 00 00 4A 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 10 3F 3B 00 C0 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


IDE Disk controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4349
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x01
sub class code 0x01
bus 0, device 14, function 1

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 49 43 05 00 00 0A 00 8A 01 01 00 40 00 00
10 F1 01 00 00 F5 03 00 00 71 01 00 00 75 03 00 00
20 71 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 01 00 00
40 99 20 99 20 FF FF FF FF 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 05 00 05 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 03 00 00 6C 1E 6C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to ISA Bridge
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x434C
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x01
bus 0, device 14, function 3

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 4C 43 0F 00 20 02 00 00 01 06 00 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 04 00 00 00 81 C3 40 FF 87 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 0E 00 0F 00 B8 FF FF FF
70 67 45 23 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4342
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x0000 (unknown)
sub device ID 0x0000
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x04
bus 0, device 14, function 4

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 42 43 07 00 A0 02 00 01 04 06 00 40 81 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 04 44 F1 01 80 22
20 F0 FF 00 00 F0 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 24 00 3C FF 00 00 00 00 00 03 0F E0 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 06
E0 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Audio controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4341
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x04
sub class code 0x01
bus 0, device 14, function 5

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 41 43 17 00 20 04 00 00 01 04 08 40 80 00
10 00 44 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 02 02 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Communication device
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x434D
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x07
sub class code 0x03
bus 0, device 14, function 6

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 4D 43 17 00 20 04 01 00 03 07 08 40 80 00
10 00 48 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 02 02 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


VGA display controller
vendor ID 0x1002 (ATI)
device ID 0x4E50
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0053
class code 0x03
sub class code 0x00
bus 1, device 5, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 50 4E 07 02 B0 02 00 00 00 03 08 FF 00 00
10 08 00 00 E0 01 90 00 00 00 00 10 D8 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 53 00
30 00 00 00 00 58 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 08 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 53 00
50 01 00 02 06 00 00 00 00 02 50 30 00 1B 02 00 FF
60 12 03 00 1F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Firewire bus controller
vendor ID 0x104C (Texas Instruments)
device ID 0x8023
revision 0x0000
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x0C
sub class code 0x00
bus 2, device 3, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 4C 10 23 80 16 00 10 02 00 10 00 0C 08 40 00 00
10 00 60 20 D8 00 00 20 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 02 04
40 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 7E 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 25 10 52 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to Cardbus Bridge
vendor ID 0x104C (Texas Instruments)
device ID 0xAC55
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0xFFFFFFFF (unknown)
sub device ID 0xFFFFFFFF
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x07
bus 2, device 4, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 4C 10 55 AC 07 00 10 02 01 00 07 06 08 40 82 00
10 00 F0 BF FE A0 00 00 02 02 03 03 40 00 E0 BF FE
20 00 E0 BF FE 00 E0 BF FA 00 D0 BF FE 00 FE 00 00
30 FC FE 00 00 00 FD 00 00 FC FD 00 00 10 01 C0 00
40 25 10 52 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 61 90 44 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 00 01
90 C0 22 64 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 01 00 12 FE 00 00 C0 00 01 00 00 00 1F 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to Cardbus Bridge
vendor ID 0x104C (Texas Instruments)
device ID 0xAC55
revision 0x0001
sub vendor ID 0xFFFFFFFF (unknown)
sub device ID 0xFFFFFFFF
class code 0x06
sub class code 0x07
bus 2, device 4, function 1

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 4C 10 55 AC 07 00 10 02 01 00 07 06 08 40 82 00
10 00 D0 BF FA A0 00 00 02 02 04 04 40 00 C0 BF FA
20 00 C0 BF FA 00 C0 BF F6 00 B0 BF FA 00 FC 00 00
30 FC FC 00 00 00 FA 00 00 FC FA 00 00 10 01 C0 00
40 25 10 52 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 61 90 44 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 00 01
90 C0 22 64 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 01 00 12 FE 00 00 C0 00 01 00 00 00 1F 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Network controller
vendor ID 0x14E4 (Broadcom Corp.)
device ID 0x4320
revision 0x0003
sub vendor ID 0x185F (unknown)
sub device ID 0x1220
class code 0x02
sub class code 0x80
bus 2, device 5, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 E4 14 20 43 06 00 00 00 03 00 80 02 00 40 00 00
10 00 40 20 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5F 18 20 12
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 01 00 00
40 01 00 C2 07 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 10 00 18 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 04 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 FE 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Ethernet network controller
vendor ID 0x10EC (Realtek)
device ID 0x8139
revision 0x0010
sub vendor ID 0x1025 (Acer)
sub device ID 0x0052
class code 0x02
sub class code 0x00
bus 2, device A, function 0

Register configuration
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 EC 10 39 81 05 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 40 00 00
10 01 A0 00 00 00 68 20 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 52 00
30 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 20 40
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 01 00 C2 F7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


DMI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DMI BIOS
--------
BIOS #1
vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD
version V1.15
date 06/28/04


DMI System Information
----------------------
System #1
manufacturer Acer
product Aspire 1660
version 0100
serial LXA3005141433C35DCM000
UUID D42011C0-EEF711D8-93CDACB7-2B6C24CE


DMI Baseboard
-------------
Baseboard #1
vendor Acer
model Aspire 1660
revision Rev
serial LXA3005141433C35DCM000


DMI System Enclosure
--------------------
System enclosure #1
manufacturer Acer
chassis type 1X
chassis serial None


DMI Processor
-------------
CPU #1
manufacturer GenuineIntel
model Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
clock speed 3000.0MHz


DMI Memory Controller
---------------------
Memory Controller #1
correction unknown
Max module size 128MBytes


DMI Memory Module
-----------------
Memory Module #1
designation M4
Memory Module #2
designation M3
Memory Module #3
designation M1
size 256MBytes (single bank)
Memory Module #4
designation M2
size 256MBytes (single bank)


DMI Extension Slot
------------------
Slot #1
designation PCI Slot J11
type PCI
width 32 bits
Slot #2
designation PCI Slot J12
type PCI
width 32 bits


DMI Physical Memory Array
-------------------------
Physical Memory Array #1
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 1024MBytes
max# of devices 2


DMI Memory Device
-----------------
Memory Device #1
designation U5
format DIMM
type DRAM
Memory Device #2
designation U6
format DIMM
type DRAM
Memory Device #3
designation U5
format DIMM
type DRAM
total width 32bits
data width 32bits
size 256MBytes
Memory Device #4
designation U6
format DIMM
type DRAM
total width 32bits
data width 32bits
size 256MBytes


Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
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add me to the 100 % party

2500+barton core
6600GT card
1 gig corsair in dual

okay, so it's a laptop. Laptops (especially with the processor that you're using) tend to overheat much easier than desktops because desktops have a wider range of cooling solutions available to them. Try contacting Acer and see what they'll suggest (if anything). There are some special cooling plates available from some retailers that might or might not help you solve your problem. I usually use laptops on a table, near an open window, which provides more than enough cooling. For gaming though, I use a desktop because laptops are too limited in what they can and cannot do.

Go to Start, Run and enter "dxdiag". The DirectX Diagnostic Tool will pop up. The first tab to the left, System, shows some specs. "System Manufacturer" and "System Model" should be the motherboard info.

Oh, don't take your laptop apart to check the PSU. You'll just tear it up, and you're stuck with the one you have, anyway.

Check out the Laptop Coolers at the bottom of the page. I would consider one of the LapCool or LapCool2 models, which have AC adapters. The LapCool3 is USB-powered, and you don't want the additional current draw on your laptop.

Just vaccum the dust outta your fans, that's how I solved my overheating problem.

or get water cooling, its pretty cheap now. and no dust!, well, not as much :P

Good Ideas People! My son just emailed me this morning about his laptop at college that is overheating. It is a Toshiba with the fans on the BOTTOM. (Stoopid Design) I suggested cleaning out the dust and elevating it with an exterior fan blowing on it. Never heard of Cooling plates. Novel idea. Water cooling...well...I would want him here with me and bring the laptop so we can "add" that. He is a real bright kid...hardware wise...not the sharpest knive in the drawer. Actually when it comes to laptops neither am I. However, I have a "Secrect Weapon". My friend can take it into work where there techs are Toshiba Authorized and will fix it for free(excluding parts).

My son dumped a glass of water on THIS laptop a year ago and some of the keys would not work. I sent it into Toshiba via my Circuit City protection plan...and Toshiba said it wasn't covered and it will cost $800.00 to fix. (New mobo and other crap) I said screw that I paid $1000.00 with rebates, no way I am paying those idiots a dime. Well my friend's tech at work fixed it for $50.00. A new keyboard and some cleaning is all it took. My son was lucky I could do that. Because he would have gotten my OLD laptop for replacement. A P1 266mhz. He could write papers at school with it...not much else. hehehe.

Here's proof that I'm not running at 100%:


It is possible that HT on my CPU has something to do with this, though I am not sure if GW has multi processor optimizations or not.

Once again, you have a laptop with a Pentium4 cpu. These processors tend to get very hot compared to a regular PentiumM (which performs just as well as the regular Pentium4). I can only suggest that you put a cooling plate with fans under it, or get something under each corner that would allow some space between the bottom of the laptop and the surface that it is on, so that the hot air would move out, rather than stay trapped under the laptop.

Can you really water-cool a laptop?