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Also a decently powerful, perhaps even 4-5 fan active cooling pad can make around a 4-8 degrees Celsius difference for when you're using the laptop for heavy load tasks.
Additionally, I've heard that the laptop Predator models might have sub-par thermal pasting jobs done out of the factory.
I plan on re-pasting with either my syringe arctic mx-4 thermal compound that i used some of for my previous laptop (Acer aspire 5750g) with nice results, or even risking a meticulous application of a liquid metal compound - In two years that though, as I don't want to lose my warranty...
So it's conjecture that the current pasting might be sub standard...won't know until I check and it won't be soon...but going by others' accounts online...there may be some truth to it.
Till then (and if the black screen issue is solved and I don't have to return the unit...) undervolting, CPU state lowering and cooling pad got me a solid 20-25 degrees Celsius reduction while gaming (from ~85 to around a steady ~60, on high settings at 60 fps, and video rendering hovers at around the same mark, perhaps a few degrees warmer, but 70 max, not nearing or surpassing 90...)
- Official Fix Announced by Acer_Manny
- Instructions for FIX
Currently owned Acer systems:
💻 Predator Helios 300 (PH317-52) - i7 8750H, GTX 1060, Win 10 64bit (build 1803), 8gb Ram (single channel), WD Blue 256GB SSD in M.2 slot, 931GB Hitachi HGST factory Hard drive. [Owned New Since 2018, May 22nd - Overheating (solved-ish) , PredatorSense not working (solved) & BLACK SCREEN ISSUE (BIOS update 1.15) ]
💻 Predator Helios 300 (PH315-51) - Same specs and issues as above
💻 Aspire 5750G - 2nd Gen. i5 processor, 4gigs of ram, nVidia GT 540M [Owned new Since 2010 - in working condition]
But Acer_Manny and the Acer team came through with BIOS announcement and upload.
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I am not an Acer employee.
Your issue could get better coverage and more answers if posted in forums than in a message to me.
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Nitro 7 - AN715-51 - user benchmark: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37631045
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I just replaced thermal paste on CPU and the temperature gradually drops from 98c to 60c (while rendering/converting videos).
But still, thank you for all the support here in the community.