TUF A17 FA706IU CPU Overheating

[Angstromm]

I'm getting 107�C while gaming. Max. is 105�C on an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H. Not good.

Wondering what's up the the overheating protection and why system isn't throttling back as it should to help preserve the longevity and viability of the CPU.

Laptop is on a hard surface and nothing is blocking or impeding airflow. Ambient temp is around 70�F.

Thanks...


UPDATE:

So, I had spikes as high as 111 C.--insane!!! I'm thinking that an Asus update has helped throttle back the CPU now, since I'm now topping out at 97 C. Still too high and the poor cooling design still causes the CPU to be throttled back constantly while gaming. This is definitely not Asus's best effort. There are now a number of reviews out on both the 15" and 17" models of this machine and most concur that there are some big issues (terrible scree quality and overheating + heavy CPU throttling). Too bad. In spite of all that, there's a lot i like about this laptop....but yeah, it's pretty flawed!

[dcbryantmjkda]

Angstromm wrote:
Discovered something that may be helpful. I was running just the AMD video driver for the Ryzen CPU. But after in installed the AMD Radeon Adrenalin software/driver package for this CPU, boot times once again jumped to well over 2 minutes. I tried rolling back the driver but boot time was still long. Then I uninstalled the AMD software and boot times returned to normal. Looks like, as far as video driver goes, we have to stick with what Asus provides.

Re. my ridiculous 64GB of RAM--kinda like what the hell, why not?! I do a fair amount of video editing and processing, photo editing, etc., and typically keep a game up in the background while I work and I never run out of RAM, so that's cool.

Well, I got the restart issue fixed. Our theory was correct. Now I'm trying to fix the "myasus" app stating some functions aren't available. Thus far the online steps I've tried haven't' resolved it.

I can do hardware scans and limit the battery charging but it wont' display all system information correctly.

[Da-BOSS]

Angstromm wrote:
Discovered something that may be helpful. I was running just the AMD video driver for the Ryzen CPU. But after in installed the AMD Radeon Adrenalin software/driver package for this CPU, boot times once again jumped to well over 2 minutes. I tried rolling back the driver but boot time was still long. Then I uninstalled the AMD software and boot times returned to normal. Looks like, as far as video driver goes, we have to stick with what Asus provides.

Re. my ridiculous 64GB of RAM--kinda like what the hell, why not?! I do a fair amount of video editing and processing, photo editing, etc., and typically keep a game up in the background while I work and I never run out of RAM, so that's cool.

install latest radeon adranlin software/driver and then download this driver for AMD CoProcessor Audio driver [it is the main issue for long boot]
http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2020/10/53196af9-abdd-4448-aa92-e1...

vola... long boot issue is gone with the newest GPU drivers 😉

[dcbryantmjkda]

Da-BOSS wrote:
install latest radeon adranlin software/driver and then download this driver for AMD CoProcessor Audio driver [it is the main issue for long boot]
http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2020/10/53196af9-abdd-4448-aa92-e1...

vola... long boot issue is gone with the newest GPU drivers 😉

Yeah the long boot time issue is now resolved. Now I'm messing with the MyAsus app. The last few days I've been stuck with the message stating that some functions weren't available, and all troubleshooting has failed.

Yesterday, NVIDIA released a driver update for the RTX 2060 and it's as if that affected it. While I Might be able to understand it, the bewildering part is that the troubleshooting information online doesn't even mention it.

[dcbryantmjkda]

dcbryantmjkda wrote:
Yeah the long boot time issue is now resolved. Now I'm messing with the MyAsus app. The last few days I've been stuck with the message stating that some functions weren't available, and all troubleshooting has failed.

Yesterday, NVIDIA released a driver update for the RTX 2060 and it's as if that affected it. While I Might be able to understand it, the bewildering part is that the troubleshooting information online doesn't even mention it.

Well oddly enough the MyAsus app seems to be resolved now, I'm wondering if it got a quiet update? Now there's the issue with the Armoury Crate software being glitchy but apparently there's a fix in the works, https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?120784-Armoury-crate-v3-1-5-0-v3-1-6-0-report-here-if-any-...

[syyyap]

this fixed the intermittent freezing issues for me, including the touchpad.
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?120621-TUF-A17-FA706IU-Freezing-Issues-Fixed

i also faced similar issues in intermittent long (takes minutes instead of about 10 seconds) shutdown/boot/reboot time and i suspect it is somehow related to plugging/unplugging the power at certain timing. see if you can replicate this: -

shutdown while plugging in. immediately unplug as soon as the shutdown completed, i.e. the power indicator turns off. the next power up will fail i.e. BSOD

as a work around, i'll make sure to unplug first before shutdown. this is really an annoying step to remember all the time.

as for the intermittent long shutdown/boot/reboot time, i believe it is also related to power being plugged in, as i don't remember facing this issue on battery.

another thing i found out that armoury crate prevents hibernating when close lid (configured in windows), it will just enter sleep mode instead. i have uninstalled it since and the only thing i miss is aura.

i had 63 unsafe shutdowns after just over 1 month having it and SSD lifespand dropped 2%. the worst experience of having a new system in my life.

[syyyap]

i suspect the "Armoury Crate Control Interface" is the cause of the above BSOD issue. now no more BSOD. i only kept 2 services running: -
"ASUS Optimization" - on screen display for fn keys
"ASUS Software Manager" - asus software update checker

[dcbryantmjkda]

syyyap wrote:

i suspect the "Armoury Crate Control Interface" is the cause of the above BSOD issue. now no more BSOD. i only kept 2 services running: -
"ASUS Optimization" - on screen display for fn keys
"ASUS Software Manager" - asus software update checker

keep a weather eye on this thread if you aren't already, https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?121465-Armoury-crate-v3-2-4-0-report-here-if-any-issues/pa...

[syyyap]

i will never ever touch armoury crate again. this will be my last asus laptop. even this rog forum doesn't work properly. it didn't allow me to post for the past few days.

[syyyap]

syyyap wrote:

i suspect the "Armoury Crate Control Interface" is the cause of the above BSOD issue. now no more BSOD. i only kept 2 services running: -
"ASUS Optimization" - on screen display for fn keys
"ASUS Software Manager" - asus software update checker

had 1 BSOD since then. i give up and just accept asus as it is, just need to remember to save my works every time before hibernating it.

other things i hate about this tuf a17: -
1. horrible uneven backlight bleeding
2. fingerprint magnet
3. right usb port still freezes sometime after wake up, have to plug & unplug the wireless mouse receiver.