Dec 23, 2011, 04:01 AM
Hello.
Here are a few suggestions:
Bebopkmk stated that applications utilizing your CPU can cause more heat. To that end, I'd like to add that many computer viruses like to utilize your CPU as much as possible. It wouldn't be a bad idea to run a virus scan.
I don't know how long ago you last updated your graphics driver, but a while back Nvidia actually released a driver that caused the GPU heatsink fan to not spin up as much as is needed and caused a number of people's GPUs to burn out. I suggest you download and install the lastest Nvidia driver to make sure you aren't running with that bad release. Don't download whatever horribly outdated version Acer offers. Go to Nvidia's website and download the latest stable release. Nvidia's releases don't officially support laptop GPUs, but you can force it. Simply install the driver, then go into the device manager and change the driver to the GeForce GT 540. I've known a number of people that do this without problems. If this sounds scary, just post here the version number of the driver you are currently running, and the version number of the latest release from Acer and I'll do some digging with Google and archive.org to see if either of those is that bad release.
I see your CPU has "turbo boost." If you can disable that feature, it should help reduce the heat.
I hope this helps.
Here are a few suggestions:
Bebopkmk stated that applications utilizing your CPU can cause more heat. To that end, I'd like to add that many computer viruses like to utilize your CPU as much as possible. It wouldn't be a bad idea to run a virus scan.
I don't know how long ago you last updated your graphics driver, but a while back Nvidia actually released a driver that caused the GPU heatsink fan to not spin up as much as is needed and caused a number of people's GPUs to burn out. I suggest you download and install the lastest Nvidia driver to make sure you aren't running with that bad release. Don't download whatever horribly outdated version Acer offers. Go to Nvidia's website and download the latest stable release. Nvidia's releases don't officially support laptop GPUs, but you can force it. Simply install the driver, then go into the device manager and change the driver to the GeForce GT 540. I've known a number of people that do this without problems. If this sounds scary, just post here the version number of the driver you are currently running, and the version number of the latest release from Acer and I'll do some digging with Google and archive.org to see if either of those is that bad release.
I see your CPU has "turbo boost." If you can disable that feature, it should help reduce the heat.
I hope this helps.