Acer Nitro 5 overheating problem

BogdanX904
BogdanX904 Member Posts: 51 Die Hard WiFi Icon
edited October 2023 in 2020 Archives
Hey
So I've had my Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 since 28 october 2018. Since the day it came it overheated and it still does. I sent it to acer service and they did nothing. I undervolted it to -0.150V and I even repasted it. The thermal paste spread is good and the heatsink makes contact with the die. I don't have any other ideas. Please help

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  • LunaAdmirer
    LunaAdmirer Member Posts: 112 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon
    Hi @BogdanX904

    The laptop overheating because of the cooling design it's mainly targeting the GPU not the CPU, So you have to do is lower the CPU performance by 20-40%
    according to the temp that you maintain. basically you need the temp around 70 below. So follow the instructions below to lower the temp.

    1. Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings -> advanced settings 
    2. the select processor power management -> maximum processor state -> plugged in -> change 100 to 80-60.





    Click " accept " if this was useful to you!! :)
  • BogdanX904
    BogdanX904 Member Posts: 51 Die Hard WiFi Icon
    Hey. Thanks for your answer. I appreciate you're trying to help but that doesn't solve my problem. I paid $900 for this "gaming" laptop that on paper is capable to run lots of games with no problem. Decreasing CPU performance by 20-40% will.. well reduce performance. It will make lots of games unplayable and decrease the gaming experience if even playable. That is like gaming on battery power in terms of performance. I didn't pay $900 for half the performance. It's not my fault, it's acer's and I shouldn't have to decrease performance to be able to use it. Again, I appreciate you're trying to help but that advice is useless.
  • SonicGT2003
    SonicGT2003 Member Posts: 15 Troubleshooter
    In reality $900 is on the cheaper end of the pricing spectrum for a gaming laptop IMO.  You get what you pay for as far as cooling capacity and capability.  If you want a laptop with more advanced cooling and a better design be prepared to spend more or get a desktop.  I just purchased an Acer Nitro 5 17.3" with the i5-10300h, 8GB DDR4 (Upgraded to 32GB), 512GB SSD (Added an additional 1TB SSD totaling 1.5GB), GeForce 1650 TI 4GB, Killer Ethernet, etc...  I paid $769.99 for the laptop on sale at Best Buy then bought the memory upgrade and SSD and installed it myself bringing the grand total to $950.

    Also invested in a quality cooling pad as well and so far even when gaming in CSGO all settings on high I can keep the temps within check.  I did see when upgrading the ram and SSD that this laptop only has two cooling pipes, disappointing but again look at the price paid.  
  • BogdanX904
    BogdanX904 Member Posts: 51 Die Hard WiFi Icon
    SonicGT2003 said:
    In reality $900 is on the cheaper end of the pricing spectrum for a gaming laptop IMO.  You get what you pay for as far as cooling capacity and capability.  If you want a laptop with more advanced cooling and a better design be prepared to spend more or get a desktop.  I just purchased an Acer Nitro 5 17.3" with the i5-10300h, 8GB DDR4 (Upgraded to 32GB), 512GB SSD (Added an additional 1TB SSD totaling 1.5GB), GeForce 1650 TI 4GB, Killer Ethernet, etc...  I paid $769.99 for the laptop on sale at Best Buy then bought the memory upgrade and SSD and installed it myself bringing the grand total to $950.

    Also invested in a quality cooling pad as well and so far even when gaming in CSGO all settings on high I can keep the temps within check.  I did see when upgrading the ram and SSD that this laptop only has two cooling pipes, disappointing but again look at the price paid.  
    I know, but it should be able to run ***** Minecraft. It can't. It overheats. I got arctic silver ac mx-4 and arcticlean 12 thermal paste remover to replace the thermal paste and upgraded RAM. Reducing the CPU performance doesn't get me what I paid for. I paid $900 for an i5 8300H and a GTX 1050 TI but running it with Turbo turned off and at 60-80% performance doesn't get me what I paid for so ***** off.

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