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Check the battery icon and the bottom-right corner of your screen. When you left-click it, there should be a number of options to choose from. When your charger is plugged in: Better battery (lowers CPU frequency to preserve battery life) Better performance (adaptive CPU frequency to either...

Are you only able to achieve those framerates on those settings? I play Apex on the highest settings (i7 8700K, RTX 2080, 32GB RAM, Samsung EVO SSD) and can consistently maintain 141-144FPS. From my own experience, what's likely happening is your laptop is throttling itself to prevent...

My best assumption is either: 1) Windows is probably trying to download/install updates in the background (likely the same one you removed with the restore feature). Check the windows update in system settings + task manager to see if anything is running in the background more than usual 2)...

I'm genuinely curious how long the process was from the initial report from the time taken for them to suggest an RMA, and how soon after the warranty expired they suggested a return. Hopefully this gets sorted out for you though. I'd be furious if I were in your position

I just got off the phone with PCSpecialist and I was told that this is normal in laptops, even though this heat issue has only began to occur yesterday. I was also told that it's fine to keep using it as long as the screen itself doesn't have any damage etc. I'm not 100% sure I feel comfortable...

GPU temps are about the same. 30-32 idle, absolute maximum temp I've seen is 71 degrees on Apex Legends (maximum performance mode). I've sent them a message explaining the situation but I don't expect a response for a few days. I'll definitely give them a ring at some point today and hopefully...

Is there any specific temperatures I should be monitoring with HWMonitor? I typically use HWInfo64 to monitor CPU + GPU. Also, if it helps, I drew where the heat actually is and the circle to show the hottest point. Lastly, I just turned on my laptop to respond to this (without the charger...

Hi everyone. Earlier today, I was playing a game when I noticed that the bottom part of my laptop screen suddenly began to feel hot. I haven't noticed this in the past so I'm fairly confident it's a recent issue for me, and I've tried looking online for a potential cause/solution to no avail...

I read the summary of the comments and gave you both specific + general information. The 2+ years time to repaste a laptop is terrible misinformation and I explained why laptop's need to be maintenance more frequently than desktops. 1) The 144FPS cap was an example used to demonstrate how I...

I apologise for updating an older thread, but I noticed the other day that when I conducted another stress test, I was suddenly getting Power Limit Throttling again under the new settings (despite conducting multiple stress tests at 75W with no issues when I initially wondered what was going...

I wouldn't agree that 2 years is an acceptable time to wait before repasting a laptop at all. For a desktop (where the temperatures are cooler due to improved cooling capabilities), then maybe, but definitely not a laptop. It accumulates a lot of dust over time and the higher temperatures mean...

I typically re-paste both my CPU and GPU every 3-6 months (depending on how much the temps have increased) since I can't reach the fans without removing the heatsink. Also, don't worry about re-pasting. It's scary at first but you definitely get better at it through trial and error. I'd...

You said you clean the laptop every month or so, but you didn't mention if you've attempted to re-paste the CPU. While that CPU is capable of withstanding high temps, it obviously isn't ideal to have it running at 90-100c that often. I'd suggest using a good thermal paste and possibly turning on...

I had an old HP laptop that had similar artefacts (eventually it became so severe that the laptop would just crash) after I accidentally dropped the laptop when doing chores. I don't know for certain, but my best assumption is that it's likely a hardware issue. You mentioned you're still under...

First off, it's pretty cool to see a fellow BMFE 2 player in 2021! I originally played it back when it originally came out on my Grandmother's laptop, and only recently started playing it again with my brother after following a few YouTube tutorials. As for the cooling, there's a few steps I...

95c at 50% load is very high. For comparison's sake, my CPU peaks at around 83 at 90-100% usage for CPU intensive games like Cyberpunk. I'd personally look into doing a repaste with a high quality paste like Grizzly Kyronaut or Noctua NT-H2, cleaning out the fans, and investing in a good laptop...

My brother downloaded a Windows 10 update last night and he had the same issue, where his headphone jack suddenly stopped working. To fix it, I had him go directly to his audio provider's website (Asus) and re-download the drivers + software. I'm glad it problem suddenly fixed itself for you...

I'm sure you've already looked at these possible fixes, but try typing in "Realtek Audio Console" then click "Speakers" under Playback Devices, then check to see if the L + R balance is in the middle. If it looks normal and you have another dedicated soundcard/software e.g. Sound Blaster, open...

Just wanted to give a quick update. Since increasing PL1 from 65 to 75W, I've had zero instances of power limit throttling. I've monitored the temperatures as well and I haven't seen any noticeable increase aside from maybe 1-2 degrees under maximum load for intensive games such as Cyberpunk...

Definitely. These were screenshots from when I first received my laptop back in 2019: The below screenshots are from today: The only difference from those screenshots is that I decreased the undervolt from the default -100 to -0.70 shortly after receiving my laptop.