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enito
 Post subject: T42p protection GPU
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:39 am 
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Hi,

soon wanna change my board , cause the other one is die (gpu troubles) and get like 3 reflows but now no more power on :(. Now for my new board, what can recommend for care about heat of gpu? some paste or something? i see in ebay some cupper stuff for gpu, dont know if this ones works or change fan stuff? thx for your time!

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ajkula66
 Post subject: Re: T42p protection GPU
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:49 am 
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The best thing to do is to keep the machine on 24/7/365 and just shut the LCD off when not in use. This approach will minimize the number of heating/cooling cycles that adversely affect the GPU and SouthBridge.

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enito
 Post subject: Re: T42p protection GPU
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:58 am 
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Sorry i didnt undrstand , but you mean power off lcd when i not use, and how i make it? like hibernate?

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ajkula66
 Post subject: Re: T42p protection GPU
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:16 am 
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No sleep/hibernation/standby.

Press Fn+F3 to shut the screen off and that's it.

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enito
 Post subject: Re: T42p protection GPU
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:25 am 
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I see..thx for the tip, in other way suspend , hibernate, affect gpu?

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