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    m15x GPU fan

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by btgman, Jul 16, 2009.

  1. btgman

    btgman Notebook Consultant

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    I removed the GPU fan, CPU fan and keyboard on my m15x to clean my laptop. All went fine. Infact, I've always had bad keybpard flex on the right side - turns out the screw was toally loose on the right side. I tightened it up and the keyboard is completely solid now.

    Anyway, I removed the GPU fan and cleaned the heat sink. I put the fan back exactly as it was, tightened the screws (and remembered to plug the power into the motherboard). My max temp while gaming is now 80-84 degrees. They never went above 78 before. I've reinstalled the GPU fan twice, tightened all the screws but still get the same max temps. Intersestingly the idle temps are slightly lower - 45 degrees instead of 46. I use the latest version of GPU-Z to monitor temps. Anyone got any ideas why the max temps are now 6 degrees higher?

    Thanks
     
    btgman, Jul 16, 2009
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  2. airplaneman

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    Was there any thermal paste you might have wiped off by accident?
     
    airplaneman, Jul 16, 2009
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    Or better yet, did you apply new thermal paste after removing the heatsink like you're supposed to?
     
    Marvie100, Jul 17, 2009
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    Thanks for the replies guys. I didn't remove the heatsink, i just removed the gpu fan. The heatsink is untouched.

    Max temp hit 88. It never used to hit 80 before. I checked the fan to make sure nothing is obstructing it. All seems clear.
     
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    Can you run the system with the cover off to make sure the fan is spinning? Perhaps something happened when you reconnected it?
     
    Marvie100, Jul 17, 2009
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    Yeah, I already did to make sure - it seemed to be running fine. It was spinning fast and there was no unusual noise, at least ...
     
    btgman, Jul 17, 2009
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    Well, if your idle temps are lower, and your max temps are only a few degrees higher, I would say you're maybe no worse off then you were before. If you're really concerned about it, the only thing left to try would be a clean layer of thermal paste on the GPU Dies.
     
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    Max temps are 10 degrees higher, which is fairly significant. It's not that big a deal I suppose, but it'd be interesting to find out what happened. All I did was take remove the gpu fan, clean the heat sink with compressed air and then replace the fan ...
     
    btgman, Jul 17, 2009
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