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Recent content by absolutesnek

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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    Still getting slight heating issues but nowhere near as bad as it was. Its hard to tell whether the problem is still there or I'm just being paranoid and oversensitive.
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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    Alright, I'll keep monitoring the temps and if the problem starts again I'll take some screenshots and update, thanks for the help so far!
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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    Downloaded fan speed and did two tests. One right after I installed it - I wasn't running anything, just chrome and discord. The second image shows temps after about 8 mins or so of playing games. Worth noting that I didn't see much drop in performance whilst playing, it seemed to run fine.
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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    When I cleaned out my fans I didn't remove my heatsink, as I said I didn't want to do anything I wasn't comfortable doing, didn't want to make the problem worse! All I did was take out the 2 individual fan units and clean them out, and used compressed air to clean the vents at the back while...
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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    Hi Peter! Thanks for getting back, I'm going to run through your points in reverse order just bc it's easiest for me!
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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    As my device is a laptop it's just Razer's stock 19.5V 11.8A 230W. Model number RC30-024801 if it helps. The battery is an 80Wh rechargeable lithium. Thanks!
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    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    Seemingly very suddenly I've started having heating issues with my laptop (specs below). This is the first heating issue I've had and it's seemingly come out of nowhere. It's worth stating now that I have a fairly badly bloated battery, but as you'll see if you read on, I don't believe it is the...