Advice Please: Directx 10 has made my Laptop Overheat

[Obi Wan Asterix]

Hi... Directx 10 snuck onto my Acer Aspire 5672 WLMi Dual Core, with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 512MB Hypermemory (and 4 GB of Ram) this xmas.

Well it didnt sneak, but every since it did I have been getting shut down with any graphics based application due to overheating.

1) Do you think this damage is permanent and its a hardware issue?
2) Is there anyway I can successfull rollback Directx and fix the problem (I tried installing 9.25 windows version but that didnt help)
3) Overheating happens with all graphics games even Mount and Blade which didnt cause a problem before.

Any advice please? Would really appreciate it and dont want to have to get a new laptop now....

[Doono]

direct x 10 dosent just appear on your system, if you have vista you have it by default and a x1600 dosen't support dx10 anyway. Overheating would be caused by excess dust, faulty/clogged fans, dodgy heat sinks or beibng in a hot environment.

[Obi Wan Asterix]

direct x 10 dosent just appear on your system, if you have vista you have it by default and a x1600 dosen't support dx10 anyway. Overheating would be caused by excess dust, faulty/clogged fans, dodgy heat sinks or beibng in a hot environment.

THanks I installed it on purpose... not aware x1600 doesnt support (had worked well enough for me for 2 years...)

Fan was cleaned recently (1 month ago) creamed and yes the winter house heating could make it worse.

I have Windows XP no dx10.... What could I do Doono?

The laptop was always a heat monster... but I would be happy to revert to dx10....

[Obi Wan Asterix]

Bump... can anyone help?

How to rip out Directx 10 without reinstalling and only use 9...

How to check my version in fact?

[Doono]

i dont understand how you installed dx10 on xp, it does not exist for xp officially on;y via some dodgy programming attempt which dosen't work very well and is very complicated to install.

To check which version you are running go to start > run > type "dxdiag" without quotes and look under the system tab towards the bottom it will tell you the version of dx you are running.

[Obi Wan Asterix]

Thanks Doono! I got more info than I ever wanted to know about my compie in 11 seconds after reading your posts

Very usefull:

So overheating problem started in December (maybe when I updated my drivers... maybe I can just use minimum graphics?)

Maybe its just that I keep my house to warm?

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: The file btaudio.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 3: The file btaudio.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (0x71C5)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C5&SUBSYS_00941025&REV_00
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6606 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/3/2006 21:51:12, 257536 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 5/3/2006 21:50:54, 1522688 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3285-11CF-5B6A-9E20A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x71C5
SubSys ID: 0x00941025
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[Doono]

check the temprature on the chip if you can using some sort of software, if it's showing very warm tempratures invest in a cooling pad.