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    My m15x heat problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by zengshengliu, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. zengshengliu

    zengshengliu Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a question about my m15x system
    When I turn on my laptop and just stop at the destop screen, without running other programs in the background except the default one, my laptop temperature showed in ThermoFan is :
    CPU Temp: 51, System Temp: 46, VGA Skin Temp: 66, VGA Internal Temp: 70
    I am using the high-performance graphics, not the integrated graphics, with the stealth mode off, is it normal? Because I can feel the heat on the right hand side of the touch pad.

    My system cofiguration is:
    INTEL X9000 CPU
    4GB DDR2 RAM
    NVIDIA 8800M-GTX
    320GB 7200RPM
    VISTA ULTIMATE
     
    zengshengliu, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. Oceanus

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    I'm pretty sure that's normal. The m15x is by far one of the most heat producing laptops there are. On load, it has been reported that the GPU temperature could reach up to 100C+ and a CPU temperature of around 70-80C (correct me on this guys). Having it idle at 51C is pretty normal, I think.
     
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  3. Heathkidd

    Heathkidd M860TU

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    normal.. if not good gaming laptops run hot
     
    Heathkidd, Jul 17, 2008
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  4. zengshengliu

    zengshengliu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for your answer
    I was wondering the temperature because I didn't run any software but still get to like 70 for the video card
     
    zengshengliu, Jul 17, 2008
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  5. Nirvana

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    you mean good gaming laptop run "cool"?
     
    Nirvana, Jul 17, 2008
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  6. Oceanus

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    I'm pretty sure he means good gaming laptops do not crap out when they're running too hot (automatic underclocking and such).
     
    Oceanus, Jul 17, 2008
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    I don't think that's what he meant, plus most of the laptops if not all got the same safety features.
     
    Nirvana, Jul 17, 2008
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  8. zengshengliu

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    well I saw a post somewhere in this forum saying that the 8800 GTX has a safety feature that will automatically downclock or something like that when the temperature get to high
     
    zengshengliu, Jul 17, 2008
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  9. milcs

    milcs Anti-fanboy

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    Zeng, you can only judge whether your laptop overheats or not, if you use it.
    Stress the CPU, stress the GPU and monitor for temperatures.
    I would recommend you getting Rivatuner (for monitoring GPU temperatures) and RMCLock and HWmonitor (for CPU clocks and temperatures, respectively).
    I am sure you will experience CPU downclocking (as you have the extreme processor and 100% of NBR users with the same CPU have downclocking) and you can just hope you didn't get one of the GPUs that just goes up to 100C when playing Crysis (for example).
     
    milcs, Jul 17, 2008
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