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    heating!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by HACK213, Nov 12, 2011.

  1. HACK213

    HACK213 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi guys ive been doing alot of research on the heating of my m11x r3 i never really noticed it till started playing skyrim! around game play of 20 mins or more the laptop starts getting real hot!!! i never really thought of a cooling mat till last night since i worry of damagin the laptop.. i usually play with my laptop on my lap or laying down while its on carpet is there any good cooling mat u guys suggest for me there are so many and the previous one i bought was not help watsover thank you guys and sorry if this has been posted before
     
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    squeak83uk2 Notebook Consultant

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    you most likeley need to download something like speedfan, or HWINFO, these will show your temps, i have an r2 and 80 deg c under load is normal, they do get hot, but them remeber all the magic they are doing :p
     
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    HACK213 Notebook Enthusiast

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    after playing skyrim for abou an hour i just exited the game n my temp is about 60 c 140 f is that good?
     
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    If you exit the game, the temps will immediately go down, by the time you check it'll be 20C below what it was 5 seconds before that. You need to log your temps while you play.
     
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    HACK213 Notebook Enthusiast

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    well during minimizing thats what i got 61c 141 f is that too hot?
     
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    should be, i use speedfan since that has a temp/time graph feature
     
    squeak83uk2, Nov 12, 2011
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    HACK213 Notebook Enthusiast

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    do u guys have any normal while game temps what is to high
     
    HACK213, Nov 12, 2011
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    anything over 90C is in the danger zone of being to hot. Once You hit 100C things might start to melt. :p my large rig tops out at 70C running prime 95 and the GPU gets to about 65C During a Overclocked furmark run. I never knew the cooling in the m11x was so horrible compared to its larger brothers :eek:
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 12, 2011
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