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    The 9400m onboard temp, on average, what should it be?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by HyperionX, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. HyperionX

    HyperionX Notebook Consultant

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    While running a light weight game using the onboard card, I think the temp, according to GPU-Z (I turned it on the moment I crashed out with a display error), nvlddmkm message, which I'm sure many of us are familiar with. I concluded it to be overheating as my room/house is extraordinarly warm this morning. The game was working fine for 3 weeks and absolutely no changes to my hardware/software was done.

    Anyway it was in the 69 C range and slowly dropped after my game crashed.

    Left my laptop on idle for a while and it stayed at 60 C, and then turned my 260m on and continued for a period of time, with the onboard still idling at 60C and the 260m at 41C

    Kinda weird, or is it meant to be like this lol.

    EDIT: Nothing is overclocked, just though I'd mention.
     
  2. EviLCorsaiR

    EviLCorsaiR Asura

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    That's how hot the 9400M normally runs, so you're fine.
     
  3. HyperionX

    HyperionX Notebook Consultant

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    Oh ok then. Switched to 260m now and the temp doesn't seem to be going up anymore yet. Thanks for the info!