G551JW - GPU throttle at 74 degree celsius

[mickey3]

Dear all

I bought a G551JW about two weeks ago. At room temperature the laptop stays at 41 degree celsius. As a gaming notebook, I use Furmark to stress test the GPU.

To my surprise the GPU (GTX960M) start throttling at 74 degree celsius - which is meh for a gaming notebook. It is too low for thermal throttle in my opinion. I use the latest Nvidia driver (350.12) and also tried the Asus VGA driver. Both result in thermal throttle at 74 degree.

Is it normal for G551JW guys?

UPDATE 1: It seems that a new beta bios from Asus can fix the thermal throttling policy (i.e., higher temperature before throttling begins). It can be found in this post.

WARNING: As this is a beta bios, it may not work for you. From several attempts in this topic, I conclude that this bios is reasonably safe. The temperature ceiling is raised to 82c. Big thanks to TayTayTheKiller and other members! However, use this bios at your own risks.

Link to beta bios: CLICK HERE

UPDATE 2: Asus has updated the bios on their support page. If you use Windows 8.1 then the link is HERE. The temperature ceiling for this bios is 78c. As the bios revision 204 is official, it is safer than the above beta bios.

[ZIXEL]

Compwxr wrote:
Already sent you PM, check your inbox 🙂

bro can you pls send me the pm with instructions too ? , your last sent does not work , thanks a lot ,

[dunedune]

OMG , Good job compwxr ! Finally no more pain while playing heavy games 🙂

[Compwxr]

Already tested with @Diversion, and it worked fine 🙂

[VKiritsugu]

can I also get the tweak? thanks! 🙂

[iutzi]

Hey guys, I would like to do the tweak too, can any of you post instructions on how to do it or maby pm me? It would be much appreciated by the community if you would make the tweak accessible
Thanx!

[Compwxr]

Anyone interested in raising the temp limits or unlocking core sliders can PM me with a backup of their current Bios. Anyway I should remember that it voids warranty but it's possible to downgrade to stock values by flashing official Bios. Anyway do it at your own risk 🙂

[Rockman]

Tired of monkeying around with Asus, had the laptop RMA'd they thought the best solution would be to factory restore the laptop which i could have done at home.
Then after 3 ignored phone calls from the laptop number and 2 support agents who had no idea what I was talking about I decided to contact mobo support to express
my problem in hopes they would be able to send me a modified version of the bios to curb the problem, was quoted a 24-48 hr response time, well, 1 week later i've heard nothing.
time to resort to downgrading to the beta bios or the one Compwxr has available through Winflash, this thread has been a huge help for me.

[Compwxr]

Well check your PM's, I'm willing to help anyone 🙂 even with different models with GTX 960m

[Rockman]

Thank goodness you're around, just finished flashing the beta T06 bios and can confirm that it works beautifully, 82C throttle no problem, but the laptop still struggles sadly.

[Compwxr]

Then test the new one and enjoy, it only works in UEFI thought...