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    M17x GPU fan problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ttnuagmada, May 24, 2010.

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    ttnuagmada Notebook Evangelist

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    Here in the last few days, my GPU temps have been getting waaay too high. At stock clock speeds im suddenly getting into the high 80's low 90's.

    I can see the fans spinning, but to be perfectly honest, it almost seems like they're not moving a whole lot of air. On a couple of occasions though, after shutting down and powering back up, they seem to work fine. Instead of getting temps in the high 80's, they peak out at low 70's.

    I cannot figure a pattern out though. A couple of times i unplugged it and pulled the battery out for 30 seconds, and they still wouldn't spin at full speed when i powered it back up, yet other times ive simply restarted the damn thing and they worked fine.

    Is this a common issue? Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep this from happening? Im using the A03 bios.
     
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    Well, i updated to the A04 BIOS, and this has appeared to fix the problem. Hopefully I'm not just getting lucky.
     
    ttnuagmada, May 24, 2010
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