M4400 hiccups when GPU temp hits 75-80

Hi,

When Im watching and HD movie or editing HD video material at some point the playback starts to halt and hiccup. Ive noticed that it happens when the GPU core temps hit 75 to 80. If I then wait a while and it goes down to 72 everything works fine again.

Is my computer downclocking maybe? Can I do anything to make it more stable, I dont mind if the fan works a bit more.

Sami

 

BIOS A14? Put on the NEW A18.....it's got an updated thermal table

 

Hi

Been running with Bios A18 for a few days now but I still have the same problem. Any heavy action like viewing HD video, even online starts to cut when temps hit about 75.

Difference with A18 is that the fans seem to be on a lot more, they are on most of the time now.

Anything else I could do to look into the problem?

Sami

 

Hi,

Im really curious if anyone would has thoughts on this?

Now with Bios A18 I'm getting really high temperatures. Although I must admit Ive always had the problem of "downclocking". Here's temperature readings after computer was idle for 2 hours with absolutely nothing running in the background.

GPU is 70 degrees, that sounds way high to me, what do you think?

Sami

 

I think there is something wrong with it essami, the fan is obviously going 24/7 if those are idle temp's, but it's still not keeping it cool.
Up to you whether you want to have a look yourself, try some new TIM, work out if the GPU heatsink is making full contact [our m4400 user ofelas had this problem] or get Dell to do something.

I don't like any late bios's because they are too hot when idling to be comfortable on my leg's, but your's is still too hot IMO....I still use A02 fwiw

 

I think Im gonna give Dell a call tomorrow, I liked some the earlier Bios' better too for temps but I had all sorts of other problems with bluetooth and wireless with those.

Thanks for the input!!!

Sami

 

You might want to give ThrottleStop a try. It has been written to address the throttling problem.

John

 

I'm assuming you already did the necessary dust removal and such? If so there's definetly something wrong. I'm on the latest BIOS but temps are nowhere near yours and the fan hardly runs during light usage.

 

Hey guys!

Ok I think I've figured this one out! I think the problem was my display NVIDIA drivers. I must have had the wrong ones installed.

I checked the latest NVIDIA drivers direct from Dell site, still had the file downloaded and extracted on my C-drive. I installed them and just finished watching a 2 1/2 hour HD movie without any hiccups! GPU gore temp is 64, so that's 15 degrees less then previously!

Sami

 

Yeah that sounds more like it. You could also try the latest drivers from nVidia which give me very good results. With the drivers from Dell i sometimes had the driver quit on me when using vector based graphic like Illustrator / Corel and even with 3dsmax, with the new drivers all has been good.