Morvack Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 KB/M = KeyBoard and Mouse. The battery will only help if you want to run your laptop without plugging it in. Running your laptop on shore power is usually better for gaming anyway. You can fool with display settings to do that, but it's usually not necessary. It's easier just to make sure your power settings are 'always on' when plugged in and just shut the lid. Of course, if you're not using an external KB/M or a gamepad that's just a bit inconvenient ;) Logitech makes some nice wrieless KB/M combos...even better they just have a tiny USB receiver instead of a dongle. On top of that one receiver will work with all your Logitech peripherals (except the F710 gamepad). That'll get the laptop off your lap.Thanks, I will set it to always on and shut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morvack Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 I recommend picking up some cans of compressed air. They're as cheap as $5 each I've seen and are used for dust, lint, pet hair, etc. Don't use a vacuum to clean it, the inflow of air over the thicker plastic nozzle tip causes a static charge to build up and it can arc.Alrighty. I'll see if I can get one. A bit of an update : I just reinstalled skyrim with the update. I followed your guys the best I could on short notice. I made my computer use my tv screen only and shut it. I turned it upside down so all of the vents are completely free to breathe. I forgot to set top priority. I started a new game and I was sitting around 60 fps. It was for the whole ride until i got into helgen. Then droped down from 60 fps to 45 at best (27 at worse). It didn't go unplayable at 15ish fps until i went into the keep with Ralof. I am going to search for a regular fan and rig it to work until I can get a proper fan. Any other helpful suggestions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3507349User Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Don't blow compressed air into the vents. All that will do is jam any crud farther in. While you don't want to use a regular vacuum you can get inexpensive computer vacuums that are battery powered. They do a decent job. Although, to clean a laptop properly requires some disassembly (not for the faint of heart). Best way is to pay a pro to clean it. It's usually not too pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morvack Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Don't blow compressed air into the vents. All that will do is jam any crud farther in. While you don't want to use a regular vacuum you can get inexpensive computer vacuums that are battery powered. They do a decent job. Although, to clean a laptop properly requires some disassembly (not for the faint of heart). Best way is to pay a pro to clean it. It's usually not too pricey. Well im going to have to learn eventually, because I wish to get into computer ( I plan to make sure to study up so i don't break anything). I think you guys are completely right. I just played dead island and it hit 5-10 fps before even getting out of the hotel. guess wow and such are just statistical anomalies . You guys really have saved me a lot of headache. I was considering completely factory resetting my laptop. Do you think just taking off the bottom panel and letting it sit upside down would allow enough heat to escape to make game play bare-able until I can find (more like afford) a better solution? I am eternally grateful for all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3507349User Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Aiming a fan at it will help a lot. Anything to increase the flow of fresh air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morvack Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) Aiming a fan at it will help a lot. Anything to increase the flow of fresh air.Alrighty. I'll get a fan to aim at it and take off the back panel . I am running skyrim now after just booting up my laptop for the first time today. The carriage ride to helgen was almost if not perfect 60fps. Lost 20 frames or so at the headsman. After ditching Ralof at the tower, my fps seems to flux between 30 and 40. In combat my fps dropped to 17 and my laptop is now noticably warm. Do you think once I get a proper way to cool my system, I could afford to overclock my gpu? Do you think I have any other issues besides over heating? It seemed to go from a cold run almost the same as it did when I had been running it for five hours. Also have it upside down so all vents are exposed. Ps . Just did a full run from start to finish starter quest, with a fan concentrated on the exhaust ports under it, and i was a constant 50-60 fps. That's a lot better than 20-30 fps. Thanks guys for the help. Just one last question, I'd like to mod (obviously) and that tends to hurt fps (no enbs or lighting, just stuff like immersive weapons). Any ideas on how to improve fps even further? I am extremely grateful for the help. Edited May 8, 2015 by Morvack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3507349User Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) Actually, 50-60 fps is nearly ideal. Most mods won't hurt fps too badly. Since your laptop is already struggling to keep cool I wouldn't recommend overclocking. All too many times overclocking doesn't do much aside from making the game unstable. Skyrim is one of those games that uses both the GPU and CPU extensively. You could speed up one and still have a bottleneck at the other. I'd say now that you've got a stable and cool rig start experimenting with mods, just go slow and read the mod's description carefully with an eye toward what your rig is capable of. There are some good tutorials around on how to mod properly. I'm sure one of the kind folks here can spit out a link to a good one (I don't have a link handy myself). bben, you listening? You've always got a good link or two up your sleeve :smile: Edited May 9, 2015 by digitaltrucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morvack Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Actually, 50-60 fps is nearly ideal. Most mods won't hurt fps too badly. Since your laptop is already struggling to keep cool I wouldn't recommend overclocking. All too many times overclocking doesn't do much aside from making the game unstable. Skyrim is one of those games that uses both the GPU and CPU extensively. You could speed up one and still have a bottleneck at the other. I'd say now that you've got a stable and cool rig start experimenting with mods, just go slow and read the mod's description carefully with an eye toward what your rig is capable of. There are some good tutorials around on how to mod properly. I'm sure one of the kind folks here can spit out a link to a good one (I don't have a link handy myself). bben, you listening? You've always got a good link or two up your sleeve :smile: That's true. I just don't want to hit say falscaar and end up at 20-30 fps again. Alrighty then, no overclocking for me. I ran before I walked with mods, and it seems to be going ok because I have loot, boss , and tes5 edit to fix any issues I may run into :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3507349User Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Falskaar shouldn't affect FPS, as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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