Heating Problems with Intel HD Graphics 4600 (ASUS ROG G551JW)

[Francis_5]

Hi Guys,

For info guys I'm a newbie when it comes to computers I might not know what I'm talking about so please bear with me I just need help and tips. Here it goes:

Would like your help as I just recently bought an Asus g551Jw laptop:

CPU i7 4720HQ
GPU GTX 960 4GB
16GB RAM

I experienced BSOD while downloading GW2 (I still haven't fixed this I just plugged the laptop and haven't had the problem again)

I downloaded GPU-Z to check the heat temps for my GPU and I noticed that the GPU temps for the gtx960 is mostly 60-64 but the for the intel 4600 its reaching 93-94C heat (I was not gaming just downloading the GW2 client) should I be alarmed with this? is this the cause of the BSOD?


Thanks in advance for the inputs

 

[xxHAPPYxx]

thats quite high temps. I cant offer a solution sorry I am not great at CPUs

 

[Marcus_Leonardo]

First, set your laptop to use the Nvidia GPU as the default graphics processor. If you haven't already done this, it should by default be set to 'globabl settings'.

Second, download Intel XTU and downclock the 'Processor Graphics Ratio Limit' (found in the 'Graphics' section under 'Advanced tuning' on the left hand side). You should adjust this setting to 4.0 x (which is 400mHz), which is the minimum clock rate the iGPU is guaranteed to work at.

Third, undervolt the iGPU using the 'processor graphics voltage offset'. Start at -25mV, which 99.9% of chips should handle (remember, each chip is unique and there's a tiny chance it can't handle this but you'd need to be extremely unlucky). Since you've already reduced the iGPU frequency to the minimum, you should be able to undervolt significantly more than -25mV. Increase this number in 5mV incriments, testing each setting thoroughly (a day, a week, a month, whatever you feel is adequate).

You have now successfully underclocked and undervolted your iGPU, which will result in less heat.