Laptp Dropped

Hi guys ,, my mrs woke me yesterday telling me she had accidentaly knocked over the laptop stand with my M15x on it .

She said it landed battery side down, and that most of the laptop slid onto the carpet and not our wooden floor.

After a quick check, on first appearance thankfully everything looks fine bar a tiny scratch/chip just under the hinge ( which as so tiny tbh , could have already been there),,,,

The one thing I have noticed though ,, there is a battery light indicator on the underside of the battery. Is it supposed to light up? Because mine shows no lights on it at all,, attached and off. The battery does move slightly while attached,, but i dont think it is any loser than before.

I also noticed lat night in work that the alienhead above the keyboard seemed to pulsate orange to red. I only have a basic theme so it shouldnt be pulsating. Unless it does that while charging as the battery was at 94%, ,again something perhaps i Just not noticed before ,, but now looking for everything. I have only had the laptop a couple of months.

Is there anyway of running a full system scan,, just to put mind at rest and no for sure everything all ok ??

 

The light indicator only lights up when you press the battery icon, then it shows how much charge is left by illuminating the appropriate number of LEDs.

Keep your fingers crossed, time will tell, but I'd say if there was no physical damage to the casing then chances are everything inside will be OK.

How about doing a repaste of CPU and GPU to put your mind at rest.

And divorce your Mrs.....!

 

Yes it pulsates/morphs between two colors when it is charging. so that is normal.

the laptop is well built im sure it withstood the fall pretty well, how high a fall was it?

 

Cheers for the response guys.

The fall wasnt that high a couple of feet at most (knee high),, and the mrs did say it was the table that took most of the inpact and the laptop slid off (just wish I'd seen it),,

What good will doing a repaste do ? Had never even heard of that before,, is that something thats worth doing anyway , and how do you record your temperatures (sorry for the noob questions)

i was told by dell to download 2 programs a month or two ago,one called GPU-Z.0.5.1 and hw_monitor,,,, not really sure how to use them though.

when open them i get loads of figures but Im not really expierienced and not sure what ones i should be looking at? Also am I supposed to use when in normal use or pause in game and activate to get record of temps whilst games are running ??

 

I suggested doing a re-paste simply to go through the motions of dismantling the laptop and checking the seating of some of the main components. My logic was also that a shock or jolt might be enough to break the seal of any thermal paste - but I'm probably wrong on that score.

Honestly I wouldn't worry - if the laptop works OK then I'm sure that all is well.

A re-paste is where you clean off and reapply a layer of thermally conductive paste to sit between the CPU/GPU and the heat sink. It's not normally necessary unless your CPU or GPU temps are running higher than normal.

If you use CPUID you can monitor your temps, look elsewhere on the forum to find out what's normal for your particular config. If all is normal then a re-paste won't be necessary.