Stop APU from using turbo core?

[Techhog]

A friend of mine is having an issue with the APU in her laptop. It's overheating badly (to the point that I honestly doubt the the readings are accurate since they go all the way up to 112C without shutting down), so until she can get a cooler we're looking for a way to get her temps down a bit. We think that disabling turbo will help a bit. I suppose that undervolting would hepl more, but I'd rather not risk that. Can it be done in Overdrive?

 

[monstercameron]

are the vents dusty...cuz thats not good.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I think you have a problem with the temperature readings perhaps. The laptop should throttle well before 112 deg C. Does it feel really hot to the touch?

If it is really getting that hot, I seriously doubt that one of the laptop cooling pads is going to make much difference.

 

[Techhog]

are the vents dusty...cuz thats not good.

It's only a month or so old. I know that part of the issue is that she doesn't have a good place to sit the laptop, which is why I know that a cooler is needed.

 

[Techhog]

I think you have a problem with the temperature readings perhaps. The laptop should throttle well before 112 deg C. Does it feel really hot to the touch?

If it is really getting that hot, I seriously doubt that one of the laptop cooling pads is going to make much difference.

She says the bottom is hot to the touch.

 

[monstercameron]

try tilting the laptop instead of laying it flat, in anycase as long as it isnt shutting off its fine.

 

[Techhog]

try tilting the laptop instead of laying it flat, in anycase as long as it isnt shutting off its fine.

She's uncomfortable with it though. Also, for whatever reason, the GPU portion of the APU runs significantly cooler.

 

[monstercameron]

She's uncomfortable with it though. Also, for whatever reason, the GPU portion of the APU runs significantly cooler.

if it is richland, the temp sensors are most likely wrong...

 

[Techhog]

if it is richland, the temp sensors are most likely wrong...

Yeah, it's Richland. I'm trying to confirm with her whether or not it throttles

 

[Erenhardt]

It probably is temp reading error. AMD uses thermal margin which can be found in "AMD Overdrive" software.
Most software will use the reported sensor value in a wrong way giving you impossible values.

 

[coffeejunkee]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2382266

Same problem. Pretty sure now temp sensor is off. Focus on cpu 0 temps, not package temps.

 

[Techhog]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2382266

Same problem. Pretty sure now temp sensor is off. Focus on cpu 0 temps, not package temps.

She can't seem to get anything other than package temp to show up. Haven't tried RealTemp though.

 

[coffeejunkee]

Well, AMD temp measurements is a bit of a problem in general. All 3rd party temp software is focused on Intel. I would try Erenhardt's suggestion of using AMD Overdrive.

 

[thomasjkenney]

SpeedFan is the only 3rd-party tool I've found that can read the APU temps properly. Give that a shot. HWMonitor seems to read twice as high as it should (your 112C might actually be 56C, which is reasonable under load).