Nvidia 130M GT - need help

[Xylitol]

So I've noticed that when I play games - even the relatively simple ones - that recently, my graphics card gets very very hot (~95C+) and my computer eventually just shuts off.
I have no idea how to deal with this problem because I don't think it has a fan

What should/can I do? My computer wasn't shutting off until a couple months ago

edit: when I'm not in a game and just have google chrome open, my gpu temperature is ~56C - dunno if that's high or normal. also, i have the most up to date graphics drivers
edit2: it's a laptop

 

[nenforcer]

The 196.21 WHQL (?) drivers were suppose to cause aftermarket / 3rd party custom cooling solutions to shut off or not run at all and hence they were pulled from nVidia's website.

The recently released 197.45 should have corrected all of these issue although I don't know if your mobile GPU would have even been affected by this.

 

[toyota]

The 196.21 WHQL (?) drivers were suppose to cause aftermarket / 3rd party custom cooling solutions to shut off or not run at all and hence they were pulled from nVidia's website.

The recently released 197.45 should have corrected all of these issue although I don't know if your mobile GPU would have even been affected by this.

that was the 196.75 not the 196.21.

 

[Xylitol]

I have the newest version: 197.16. this is really bothering me argggggg

 

[Sylvanas]

The latest is 197.45. Give them a try. If not download EVGA Precision (google it) and manually adjust fan settings if your card has a fan. If it doesn't and it's a passive card then you may have to check it's making proper contact with the GPU's surface. That means opening up the case and taking the card out, dismantling the heatsink and reapplying some thermal paste. Also you could buy some cheap case fans for a few $$ to add to your case.

 

[Xylitol]

The latest is 197.45. Give them a try. If not download EVGA Precision (google it) and manually adjust fan settings if your card has a fan. If it doesn't and it's a passive card then you may have to check it's making proper contact with the GPU's surface. That means opening up the case and taking the card out, dismantling the heatsink and reapplying some thermal paste. Also you could buy some cheap case fans for a few $$ to add to your case.

i forgot to mention that i have a laptop, so the mobile graphics card's latest is 197.16

 

[betasub]

130m gt = mobile / laptop,

It is likely that the laptop case is not providing sufficient airflow, and the whole machine (including graphics card) is heating up. Check that case vents are clear and have a flow of air. Check that the laptop fan is clear and is spinning up correctly (visibly, or audibly, or using an utility such as SpeedFan).

 

[tcsenter]

I worked on someone's laptop last weekend that was running really hot, fan spinning on high most of the time. I blew into the exhaust port and a big plume of super-fine dust came spewing out of it. Haven't seen one that bad in a while. So I got a canister of compressed air and blew it out from both sides (intake and exhaust), while putting a vacuum hose at the opposite end to suck out the dust.

Immediately noticed the notebook running much cooler and the fan started running normally again.

 

[Xylitol]

I worked on someone's laptop last weekend that was running really hot, fan spinning on high most of the time. I blew into the exhaust port and a big plume of super-fine dust came spewing out of it. Haven't seen one that bad in a while. So I got a canister of compressed air and blew it out from both sides (intake and exhaust), while putting a vacuum hose at the opposite end to suck out the dust.

Immediately noticed the notebook running much cooler and the fan started running normally again.

i opened up the bottom of my computer and blew out all the dust that was in the fan (wasn't much at all) with some compressed air but the problem still persisted. I have noticed though that my fan doesn't kick into overdrive until AFTER i quit out of the game

i can't find in FanSpeed where I can have my fan on overdrive all the time

 

[Xylitol]

well after taking out the covering for the motherboard on the bottom of my laptop and elevating it, it runs much faster and cooler (~75C when playing vs 90-100), but this is definitely not a permanent solution...