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Laptop gets loud while playing TOS

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#1

Hey all, im new in TOS and im really enjoying this game so far but theres only one thing bugging me. Im playing on a Laptop windows 10 with 8GB RAM, Intel ® Core ™ i7-4700MQ CPU with 2.40 GHz. Everything works fine i rarely have any lagg and fps rate is good too. Only my Laptop gets really loud while playing TOS after certain minutes (depends if theres a lot going on).

I tried cleaning my laptop from dust particles but its still very loud and. Is there anything i could do, im not an expert at PCs and Laptops (hehe). I heard that i can manage with an option the speed of the fan bug this might damage my laptop right?

Im happy for any help incoming
Thank you :slight_smile:

#2

The last few weeks laptop gets super hot and loud while playing, but the fans on my actual PC also speed up like crazy whenever I have TOS open.

The thing is, I don’t remember it being this bad until recently.

#3

Sounds like its time to undust the laptop, namely the fan for the grapics card, check youtube for guide how to undust laptop.

When you do search, make sure to look up you own laptop model, to amke sure you dont screw anything up.

#4

Buy a can of air and use it to blow into the exhaust. Laptops have a tendency to create like a small carpet of thick dust behind the heatsink it blows through. Then use a vacuum cleaner with the nozzle to suck the dislodged dust from the air in-take holes - if they’re too small to get rid of the dust, use the nozzle on the exhaust.

The exhaust is easy to spot as that’s where you’ll feel warm/hot air being pushed out, and the air-intake will normally be near there some place.

And yeah… ToS makes stuff run far too hot because it wasn’t really programmed very well or efficiently…

#5

Words of wisdom:
Laptops/Notebook aren’t made to play games on them. Their air ventilation isn’t really efficient, so I use mine just at university for my student duties while I play on my tower PC at home.

Back then when I actively played games on my laptops, they tended to break within 2-3 years after purchase because the important hardware was just melted down/destroyed by the overheating process.

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#6

Hey again, thx for all the replies im going to search it up on youtube to see how i can undust the laptop. Its true that laptops arent the best for games but sadly i only have this atm but it will do. :slight_smile:

Thank you

#7

I wouldn’t recommend tweaking anything to increase performance besides (turning off power-saving mode when playing) on a laptop, especially on a non-“gaming-grade” one, unless the manufacturer intended to provide that as a feature. You’ll just risk turning your notebook into a frying pan.

Instead, besides dusting off its internals which may require some basic hardware knowledge though not impossible with some googling, you should also get or make something that would elevate your notebook at least a centimeter from the surface. Even small, hard pieces of rubber (some thick gasket or something) with double-sided tapes place on four corners will get the job done.

Making sure no other program, especially those running in the background, is competing with TOS helps too. Opening the Task Manager should help you with identifying any.

#8

I did some research for my Laptop HP Envy 15", i did find some useful information how to open the back, but im really struggeling with opening the fan (maybe its because im afraid of breaking my whole laptop haha). Im still researching tho for more information.

Thx for the hints im going to try that with task manager and lifting my laptop a bit from the ground. I kinda regret that i bought this HP envy, never thought that opening up a laptop just for cleaning the fan would be so painful. Maybe it was intended to be this hard.

#9

Opening laptops to clean them are a huge pain. Most nontechnical people at the point it overheats and slows itself down would look to buying a new one, not cleaning.

Have an 8 year old laptop which I took apart, cleaned and reapplied heatsink paste, it now acts as a Lubuntu Kodi HTPC. Works great and smooth for its lackluster hardware.

#10

idk if this work, but maybe a replacement heatsink and thermal compound? edit(or heatsink paste suggest by the guy above my post)

#11

If you do replace the thermal paste, I’d recommend Arctic MX4. Used this for years, works very well and is widely available. It’s also non-conductive, so don’t have to worry about it getting all over the electrics.