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toshiba p100 vista gpu fan issue
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Hi all, hope you are well. I own a Toshiba p100 notebook with vista business. The GPU is an nvidia 7600 geforce go and I have noticed that the fan for the GPU only spins when booting up. The moment Vista begins loading, the fan stops and doesnt come back on until I reboot (again it spins til vista begins loading). Now I can only presume this is a graphics driver issue or a BIOS issue(I have the latest driver and BIOS update). I use rivatuner to monitor the temp and under heavy load (3D gaming) the temp rises to about 90 C. This, I can only presume is not normal! As always, the fan doesnt kick in, even at 90 C. Now I have done some research and it seems this issue is not specific to myself. Under XP (I have tested it) the fan works fine, no overheated GPU. My question (after much rambling lol) is, should I be concerned about the lifespan of a GPU that reaches in excess of 90 C?
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Any componemt exposed to those tempretures will have its life decreased. As the fan works at boot up I'm guessing it's a software problem - especially as it works on Xp.
Do you have the relavent drivers installed for the GPU? Have you checked it in Device Manager to see whether firstly - it's in there, second if it knows what it is and whether it has the drivers.
Dazza
(How long ago did you buy it by the way?)
Do you have the relavent drivers installed for the GPU? Have you checked it in Device Manager to see whether firstly - it's in there, second if it knows what it is and whether it has the drivers.
Dazza
(How long ago did you buy it by the way?)
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Hi there darrenw89 thanks for the reply. I have triple checked the drivers (got them from the toshiba website) and I am positive they are the correct ones (Toshiba makes it difficult to download incorrect drivers lol). I have had it for about 5 months now btw.
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is it worth my time contacting tech support on this matter ?
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Originally Posted by majestic0110 
is it worth my time contacting tech support on this matter ?
Last edited by caperjack; Mar 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pm.
Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
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ok thank you for the responses you two, I have read on the below forum that apparently you have to "burn in" the gpu. when it gets to 105 C the fan kicks in then works normally. Now that seems a little odd to me to be honest so I am going to contact toshiba I think. Thanks for your time.
Last edited by majestic0110; Mar 18th, 2008 at 4:55 pm.
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if you get no help from them you could always just use XP
Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
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this review says it not a gaming laptop, maybe run some older games ,are your 3d game of the newer variety .
http://www.dvhardware.net/review85_toshibap100.html
http://www.dvhardware.net/review85_toshibap100.html
Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are big
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some of them are new but i mostly play unreal tourny 2004 (old lol) and command and conquer 3. The performance of these two is great on this machine but I am just concerned about the GPU temp. Many thanks for the replies
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have contacted Toshiba, the only thing will offer is a repair. When I explained to them that the fan works fine in XP (as tested by me) they froze and said they were not aware of the problem. Elevated to tech support level 2, will call back tomorrow. They kept insisting that this (my) case is an anomaly, until I directed them at the website I posted above. Hmmmm....
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