Acer predator helios 300 PH315-52 has thermal throttling issues and fps drops

Gamerboy2000

Need help,In GPU bound games especially when I tried to play assassin's creed origins

The GPU temperature reaches 93-95°C(that's way too hot) frequency is 960Hz at max

Even at idle state its 90°C(when fan is on it stays and does not increase),FPS also drops even in low settings for AC origins

In high settings its barely 10fps

This problem was not prevalent before :(

JackE

If the heat ducts are clear of dust debris, thermal paste on processor heat sinks dries out after 12-18mos of heavy gaming. That's why re-pasting and cleaning should be done annually as routine maintenance. When was the last time thermal maintenance was done?

Gamerboy2000

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1202333#Comment_1202333

It has been 2 years atleast

But another problem is I can't open one of the screw of backpanel of laptop so i can't clean it my fans or apply

All other screw is opened but not that 1 particular screw(earlier it had that warranty sticker on it,I ripped it off and tried to unscrew but it won't even rotate let alone come out)

JackE

It has been 2 years at least »I ripped it off and tried to unscrew but it won't even rotate let alone come out»

If you couldn't get the screw out, then how could you have cleaned and re-pasted it two years ago? Has this machine ever had any thermal maintenance since you got it?

Gamerboy2000

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1202743#Comment_1202743

I mean i bought it 2 years ago

Since then there has been no thermal pasting

And this stuck screw is frustrating too