Can't close my laptop lid.....!

[Diggs]

I recently picked up an Asus V16 (Core i7 and RTX3050) budget gaming laptop. I set video to do nothing when I close the lid so I can use the HDMI output on a large monitor. So when I close the lid, immediately big warnings come up on the monitor about thermal performance issues and won't go away until I open the lid!??? It's an Asus thing and I'm thinking about trying to uninstall that software. In turn, thermal management is always an issue with gaming laptops (both fans scream mightily when gaming) so maybe I'll leave it open and turn off the screen in display settings. Regardless, first time I've seen this kind of annoyance. Any other brands doing this type of thing?

 

[britechguy]

I can't answer your question, but I do have a suggestion.

Grab a simple utility such as Speedfan (or similar, any core temp measuring utility will do) and have it monitor your actual temperatures. I like speedfan because I can have it keep the current temperature on display in the system tray when I want that.

It is my experience that a large number of thermal monitors give ridiculously low thresholds for "you're burning up" warnings. The Core 7 240H, which is what I believe you've got based on the Asus website, has a Tmax of 100° C. I doubt that you're even coming within 10 degrees of that at full bore gaming with fans screaming.

 

[Diggs]

Speedfan (or similar,

I have Speedfan on my gaming desktop but don't know about this new laptop. Since now all my toys have Bluetooth I barely take off my Anker headphones and the noise suppression on them is pretty good. Since I don't have to listen I'll let the little laptop whirl away when I'm gaming mobile (which is one of the reasons I bought it).

Side note - No ethernet port on the new laptop. I know, I'm stuck in the past. Measuring 450 mps wifi on Charter).

 

[Porthos]

I set video to do nothing when I close the lid so I can use the HDMI output on a large monitor.

Heat rises. Closing the lid traps some heat inside despite the fan.
Leave it open an inch or 2.

 

[Blues]

Was this a brand new unit or used unit? If used maybe open and blow out incase any dust is blocking some air flow. The only other option depending on warranty is removing the cooling mechanisms and cleaning and reapplying (better) thermal paste and putting back together but I would get some tool to check what the temps are actually reaching before opening up anything.

 

[Diggs]

Was this a brand new unit

Yep! Brand new. ...and it's not a temp thing as it does it immediately on startup when I close the lid. It's not Windows either but something Asus put in. I have three other older Asus laptops (one with separate graphics chip) and none of them have this baked in annoyance. It's the first I've seen in any laptop. I understand that gaming laptops struggle to stay cool and that this is a good idea but it's the first time I've been force fed laptop open.

 

[HCHTech]

No ethernet port on the new laptop.

My experience with those USB-to-Ethernet dongles is pretty good. Make sure to get one that does USB 3 or 3.1. Faster than wifi every time on the laptop I carry in my go bag.

 

[britechguy]

It's not Windows either but something Asus put in. I have three other older Asus laptops (one with separate graphics chip) and none of them have this baked in annoyance.

And it will be an even bigger annoyance if your own temperature monitoring shows that you're coming nowhere neat to Tmax on that machine.

It astounds me that temperature monitoring seems to be stuck in the 1980s, and has never become automated to query what processor is in use and to get an accurate Tmax value and work backward to set appropriate thresholds.

I haven't actually encountered a machine actually overheating in longer than I can remember at this point. And I've dealt with many that are in "severe service" environments where one would have thought they couldn't possibly have kept themselves cool enough.

The issue, if it's not overheating, is figuring out how to disable the annoyance that's telling you that it is!

 

[Diggs]

I haven't actually encountered a machine actually overheating

My desktop gaming rig would overheat (says Speedfan) the CPU (Core™ i7-8700) and throttle drastically with the stock cooler. I put on a good size D-cooler and never had thermal issues again.

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