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    huge temp improvement! but why?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by woshi02191, Oct 4, 2011.

  1. woshi02191

    woshi02191 Notebook Guru

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    I just discovered this huge temp improvement in prime95 by completely disconnecting the keyboard, I got approximately 12 degrees improvement, and just wondering if anyone else noticed the same thing, is this normal at all?

    my cpu is i7 940xm btw.
     
    woshi02191, Oct 4, 2011
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    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    by removing the keyborard.....is it a iMac ? :p
     
    flingin, Oct 4, 2011
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Could be better ambient. Did you remove the keyboard completely? Exposing the heatsinks may help.
     
    widezu69, Oct 4, 2011
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    woshi02191 Notebook Guru

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    hehe no, my laptop is M17x r2 model.

    Don't you think this improvement over cpu temp is amazing,you should try it and see it yourself.
     
    woshi02191, Oct 4, 2011
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    Brabostaan Notebook Deity

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    But how are you going to use the keyboard then. :D
     
    Brabostaan, Oct 4, 2011
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    woshi02191 Notebook Guru

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    yes I removed the keyboard completely, i.e. I disconnected the two cables, but I don't really know why it is hapenning, guys, you really gotta try to do this, I mean this is 10 degrees or so temp improvement that I'm talking about!
     
    woshi02191, Oct 4, 2011
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    This just tells me that the keyboard (and its lighting system) generate 10 degrees of heat
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 4, 2011
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    woshi02191 Notebook Guru

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    I remove the keyboard for testing purpose, and use mouse only in the meanwhile, but the laptop shutted down several times, don't really know why maybe i accidently hit something :p
     
    woshi02191, Oct 4, 2011
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    woshi02191 Notebook Guru

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    right, that's might be the reason, then there is nothing abnormal about it, sry if this has already been mentioned before guys lol
     
    woshi02191, Oct 4, 2011
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  10. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    hehe...you want to see another huge temp drop? prop up your laptop about half an inch...you'll see another 5-6 degree drop lol
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 4, 2011
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