A year and a bit ago, I bought an Enigma IV from PCSpecialist (Nvidia GT 650m and Ivy Bridge i5). I mostly use this laptop for light gaming every now and then, otherwise, for video rendering and normal use such as browsing the internet, Office and Youtube.
Anyway, when I got the laptop temperatures rarely exceeded 73 - 75 C even while playing a game. Now if I leave it on for around 2 hours while I have a few programs open and watching something, my processor reaches 83 C at which point I shut it down to prevent damage. As for gaming now, similar temps are inevitable (as well as on the GPU) after around 20 mins. I believe the problem is that the fans are set on to too low of a speed even when these temps are reached.I always use a cooling stand, it helps slightly, but not enough. When the fans are set to 100% during POST, they sound much louder than what speeds they reach during the high temps I experience. I have checked the fans, there is no dust/gunk buildup. I believe it is a BIOS problem, but it (Insyde H2O) does not have fan controls. Should I upgrade my BIOS? Is it an OS problem? What can I do to speed the internal fans up (my BIOS cannot be used with Speedfan)?
Anyway, when I got the laptop temperatures rarely exceeded 73 - 75 C even while playing a game. Now if I leave it on for around 2 hours while I have a few programs open and watching something, my processor reaches 83 C at which point I shut it down to prevent damage. As for gaming now, similar temps are inevitable (as well as on the GPU) after around 20 mins. I believe the problem is that the fans are set on to too low of a speed even when these temps are reached.I always use a cooling stand, it helps slightly, but not enough. When the fans are set to 100% during POST, they sound much louder than what speeds they reach during the high temps I experience. I have checked the fans, there is no dust/gunk buildup. I believe it is a BIOS problem, but it (Insyde H2O) does not have fan controls. Should I upgrade my BIOS? Is it an OS problem? What can I do to speed the internal fans up (my BIOS cannot be used with Speedfan)?