I have a Nitro 5 AN514-43 R34S and its heating in temperature, is this normal?

Ben_Williams · June 30

So I have a Nitro 5 AN514-43 R34S spec, its about 3 years old now and has even migrated to windows 11, but while playing games it regularly hits 80-95 degrees Celsius on the CPU in performance mode, ive tried everything to cool it (more fans, cooling pads, etc) but always seems to go nuclear status even with the fans on full boar, is this normal considering its age and lower end status?

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Hithaish · June 30

Hi i had a similar issue with my 1 year old predator. I can say is try cleaning your fans and reapply thermal paste to your cpu and gpu this should most probably solve the overheating issue. I did the same with mine now it stays under 75 degrees under decent load.

Hithaish · June 30

And yeah its completely normal for a gaming laptop to reach 80-95 Celsius under load since the laptop cpu's are made to withstand high temps but it might effect your laptop's lifespan in long run. And as it looks like your laptop has never been serviced before, its better to change thermal paste and keep the fans clean. And as long as your GPU temps are not over the top you're good to go

Puraw · June 30

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/708073/i-have-a-nitro-5-an514-43-r34s-and-its-heating-in-temperature-is-this-normal

You mean AN515-43 R34S? If you never cleaned the cooling fans in 3 years, I recommend bringing the laptop to Acer Services in your country for cleaning and thermal repasting.

Ben_Williams · June 30

I'd like to clarify I did clean the fans and repaste (thermal grizzly kryonaut) about 3 months ago, and the temperatures issues persist and I dont want to take apart the fans to clean them, im worried i'd screw it up and it'd be unfixxable, cleaning tips appreciated and thanks for the advice!

Edit: also yes it is a AN515, sorry for any confusion caused

Ben_Williams · June 30

What paste did you use to get it that low? I dont know if its simply the fact predator may have better airflow, or my laptops age, or maybe both, and did you have to take apart the fans to clean them thoroughly? @Hithaish

GAMING6698 · June 30

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1283761#Comment_1283761

Then do it again but this time do in my way-

Note- Cleaning air vents and fans are also important as applying good quality thermal paste correctly..

First open your laptop back panel clean fans and air vents properly exactly like shown in below video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB39PPoHBpo

After cleaning fans applying then to there places and apply thermal paste correctly using best method shown in below video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHOBRvXYqEg

(X method is recommended for new users and use good quality thermal paste like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut or Arctic MX-5 new edition)

-Applying thermal paste too much or very less also cause overheating, Just draw X on your CPU/GPU chip in this way that it doesn't spread out of chip when applying heatsink

-Never remove heatsink after applying new thermal paste because Once you remove the heatsink off, you create a void or air bubbles get inside where the thermal paste used to be and risk of overheating because of the unprotected areas.

Ben_Williams · June 30

Thanks for the advice, I'll try these whenever I can

GAMING6698 · July 1

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1283836#Comment_1283836

Don't forgot to get back with

Ben_Williams · July 7

Update! Big news: ITS COOL AGAIN! I cant believe how much the fan cleaning actually helped its insane, ive finally hit a sub 40 degree celsius temp when idling, TYSM for all the help, I accidentally broke like only 2 of the small little fan blades, but now its got vibrations of health imo, 3 year old laptop runs like new again!

Ben_Williams · July 7

Ive finished it

StevenGen · July 7

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/708073/i-have-a-nitro-5-an514-43-r34s-and-its-heating-in-temperature-is-this-normal

A temp of 80-95C is a bit high but this laptop has an OS shut down temp set at 100C so your laptop if it ever reaches 100C it will turn off automatically. The below temps is what Acer tested your laptop at so and if the 80-95C temps are reached and exceeded by a slight margin at intense gaming and momentarily, Make sure that the fans are clean always, as I wouldn’t worry about doing anything as changing the paste on these laptops is a specialist job and allot of users have made mistakes and their laptops were much worst off after they replaced the paste and thermal pads on their laptops, so be very careful if you attempt to put new paste and thermal pads onto your AN514-43 laptop. Good luck.