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Old 11-26-2012, 03:00 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by BloodFetish View Post
^ discreet graphics chip, or is graphics provided through the chipset?

With the drop, it almost sounds like a heatpipe got jarred from it's seal on either the CPU or a graphics chip. Reminds me of a laptop I had where the heat transfer pad between heatpipe and GPU broke down, leaving a very small gap between contact.
Not sure. I remember deconstructing it to try to find the issue and couldn't find any. Then again, I didn't look very hard.

If it helps, the Laptop is a Sager 8130 (a base model in the link below).
http://www.agearnotebooks.com/sagernp8130.html

I agree with your hypothesis though. It seems likely that the heat pipe to the bottom fans were jarred, so they don't do any work, forcing the back ones to compensate.
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